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Example 37-144
N
tan
pêxi
daka
kaxi.
N
1sg
tan
take
pêxi
fish
daka
bring
kaxi.
house
I brought the fish home. OR: I took the fish and brought it home.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Maurer 2009
: 114
Language:
Principense
by
Philippe Maurer
cite
Datapoints:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions: Theme of the second verb, literal interpretation possible
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