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Example 30-150
E
toma
nabádja e
da
kunpanheru na odju.
E=toma
3sg
=take
nabádja
knife
e=da
3sg
=give
kunpanheru
comrade
na=odju.
in=eye
He stabbed the other one's eye with the knife. OR: He took the knife and stabbed the other one's eye.
German:
Er nahm das Messer und stach dem andern ins Auge.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Lang et al. 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Instrumental expressions: Serial verb
‘Take’ serial verb constructions: Instrument of the second verb, no resumptive pronoun
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