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Example 36-113
Ê
tambu
ninha
pê
thon.
Ê
3sg
tambu
take
ninha
wood
pê
put
thon.
ground
He put the firewood on the ground. OR: He took the firewood and put it on the ground.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Own fieldwork data 2008
Language:
Angolar
by
Philippe Maurer
cite
Datapoints:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions: Theme of the second verb, literal interpretation possible
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