Example 2-171

Kande a taigi yu meki yu furu a heri bari nanga watra, dan yu abi fu go teki watra drape a mofo gotro, lai a bari.
Kande
maybe
a
3sg
taigi
tell
yu
2sg
meki
make
yu
2sg
furu
fill
a
the
heri
whole
bari
barrel
nanga
with
watra,
water
dan
then
yu
2sg
abi
have
fu
to
go
go
teki
take
watra
water
drape
there
a
loc
mofo
front
gotro,
drainage.ditch
lai
fill.up
a
the
bari.
barrel
Maybe she will tell you to fill the whole barrel with water, then you have to go take water from in front of the ditch and fill the barrel.
Comment:
THERE SEEMS TO BE A CLEAR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN the USE OF NANGA FOR INSTRUMENTS AND the USE OF TEKi. THE LATTER SEEMS TO MEAN SIMPLY ‘TAKE'. NOTE THE DIFFERENCE IN this example.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Winford data, Tape 45-b