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Example 19-171
Dɛ̀n tek wan blak làpá dɛ̀n kɔba yu.
Dɛ̀n
3pl
tek
take
wan
one
blak
black
làpá
cloth
dɛ̀n
3pl
kɔba
cover
yu.
2sg
.
emph
They took a black cloth [and] they covered you. OR: They covered you with a black cloth.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Yakpo 2009
: 631
Language:
Pichi
by
Kofi Yakpo
cite
Datapoints:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions: Instrument of the second verb, no resumptive pronoun
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