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Example 28-139
deki
ɛkɛ kujara
ben
tɛ mɛtenjɛ
deki
take
ɛkɛ
1sg
kujara
canoe
bendi-tɛ
tie-
pfv
mɛtɛ
with
eni-jɛ
3pl
-
nmlz
(They) tied my canoe up with theirs.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Kouwenberg 1994
: 397
Language:
Berbice Dutch
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions: Theme of the second verb, literal interpretation possible
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