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Example 2-219
Kande a man
teki
omeni
poti
ini en saka kba.
Kande
maybe
a
the
man
man
teki
take
omeni
how.much
poti
put
ini
into
en
3sg
saka
pocket
kba.
already
Maybe the man took a lot for his own pocket already.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Winford data, Tape 56-b
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Datapoints:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions: Theme of the second verb, literal interpretation possible
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