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Example 35-190
Tlabadô toma inen mantxin se kota po ku ê.
Tlabadô
worker
toma
take
inen
3pl
.
def
mantxin
axe
se
dem
kota
cut
po
tree
ku
with
ê.
3sg
The workers cut the tree(s) with those/these axes.
Comment:
Note that there is no number agreement between the
axes
(plural) and the pronoun (singular) that follows the instrumental preposition
ku
‘with’.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Hagemeijer 2000
: 39
Language:
Santome
by
Tjerk Hagemeijer
cite
Datapoints:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions: Theme of the second verb, literal interpretation possible
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