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Example 19-170
Mì man
tek
ìn yay è
put
àn bɔ̀tɔ́n grɔn so.
Mì
1sg
.
poss
man
man
tek
take
ìn
3sg
.
poss
yay
eye
è
3sg
.
sbj
put=àn
put=
3sg
.
obj
bɔ̀tɔ́n
bottom
grɔn
ground
so.
so
My husband diverted his gaze to the ground.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Yakpo 2009
: 521
Language:
Pichi
by
Kofi Yakpo
cite
Datapoints:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions: Theme of the second verb, literal interpretation impossible
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