Example 2-174

Te mi ppa e wroko dan, den e gwe nanga en.
Te
when
mi
1sg
ppa
father
e
ipfv
wroko
work
dan,
then
den
3pl
e
ipfv
gwe
go
nanga
with
en.
3sg
When my father went to work then they would go with him.
Comment:
NANGA SEEMS TO BE THE PREFERRED WAY OF EXPRESSING COMITATIVE MEANING. IT iS ALSO POSSIBLE TO USE A ‘TAKE’ SVC, BUT THIS IS LESS COMMON, AND TEKI HERE SEEMS TO MEAN LITERALLY ‘TAKE’. COMPARE this example to Example 175.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Winford data, Tape 45-b