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Example 19-169
À
tek
àn
put
àn pàntáp mì bɛ̀lɛ́.
À
1sg
.
sbj
tek=àn
take=
3sg
.
obj
put=àn
put=
3sg
.
obj
pàntáp
on
mì
1sg
.
poss
bɛ̀lɛ́.
belly
I (took him and) put him onto my stomach.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Yakpo 2009
: 520
Language:
Pichi
by
Kofi Yakpo
cite
Datapoints:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions: Theme of the second verb, literal interpretation possible
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