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Example 30-185
E toma nabádja
e
da kunpanheru na odju ku el.
E=toma
3sg
=take
nabádja
knife
e=da
3sg
=give
kunpanheru
comrade
na=odju
in=eye
ku=el.
with=it
He took the knife and jabbed the other person in the eye with it.
German:
Er nahm das Messer und stach dem andern damit ins Auge.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Lang et al. 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions: Instrument of the second verb, with resumptive pronoun
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