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Example 3-114
M'e tá pantá dá hen.
M'=e
1sg
=
neg
tá
asp
pantá
fear
dá
give
hen.
3sg
I am not afraid of her.
Comment:
'Give' can also introduce a source argument.
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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