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Example 3-108
Dí fáka maá pói
dá
mi.
Dí
def
.
sg
fáka
machete
maá
sharp
pói
spoil
dá
give
mi.
1sg
The machete is too sharp for me.
Comment:
Here
dá
introduces the experiencer.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Veenstra 1996
: 165
Language:
Saramaccan
by
Enoch O. Aboh
and
Tonjes Veenstra
and
Norval S.H. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
'Give' serial verb constructions: ‘Give’ in second position, recipient or beneficiary
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