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Example 3-111
Mi ó púu gaán fási
dá
i.
Mi
1sg
ó
mood
púu
remove
gaán
big
fási
manner
dá
give
i.
2sg
I will teach you to be cheeky to me.
Comment:
Here
dá
introduces the source.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
de Groot 1977
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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