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Example 35-189
Ê toma Fela Pontu fe ji dê.
Ê
3sg
toma
take
Fela
Fela
Pontu
Pontu
fe
make
ji
of
d=ê.
of=
3sg
He made the Fela Pontu (central market) his own.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Quintas da Graça 1989
: 29
Language:
Santome
by
Tjerk Hagemeijer
cite
Datapoints:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions: Theme of the second verb, literal interpretation impossible
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