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Example 35-194
Sela pa n toma zawa pa n ba pya da bô.
Sela
mood
pa
for
n
1sg
toma
take
zawa
urine
pa
for
n
1sg
ba
go
pya
see
da
give
bô.
2sg
I must take your urine in order to check it for you.
Comment:
Sela
is a grammaticalized mood particle that occurs at the beginning of clauses.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Hagemeijer 2000
: 100
Language:
Santome
by
Tjerk Hagemeijer
cite
Datapoints:
'Give' serial verb constructions: ‘Give’ in second position, recipient or beneficiary
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