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Example 36-90
N
tambu
faka
kota
situ ku ê.
N
1sg
tambu
take
faka
knife
kota
cut
situ
meat
ku
with
ê.
it
I cut the meat with a knife. OR: I took a knife and cut the bread.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Own fieldwork data 2008
Language:
Angolar
by
Philippe Maurer
cite
Datapoints:
Instrumental expressions: Serial verb
‘Take’ serial verb constructions: Instrument of the second verb, with resumptive pronoun
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