Example 2-175

A e teki den tyari gwe go, go drai miri.
A
3sg
e
ipfv
teki
take
den
3pl
tyari
carry
gwe
away
go,
go
go
go
drai
turn
miri.
mill
He would take them along to go turn the mill.
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 174.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Winford data, Tape 45-b