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Example 35-192
Tlêxi ome toma inen faka se kota mpon ku ê.
Tlêxi
three
ome
man
toma
take
inen
pl
.
def
faka
knife
se
dem
kota
cut
mpon
bread
ku
with
ê.
3sg
Three men cut the bread with the knifes in question. OR: Three men took the knifes in question and cut the bread.
Comment:
Note that the object of
toma
does not agree in number with the resumptive pronoun.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Own data
Language:
Santome
by
Tjerk Hagemeijer
cite
Datapoints:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions: Instrument of the second verb, with resumptive pronoun
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