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Example 37-145
Ê gan poxta, uwkatu palasu. Sun arê
tan teg
'e.
Ê
3sg
gan
win
poxta,
bet
uwkatu
part
palasu.
palace
Sun
mister
arê
king
tan
take
teg'e.
hand.over:
3sg
Turtle won the bet, a part of the palace. The king handed it over to him.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Maurer 2009
: 115
Language:
Principense
by
Philippe Maurer
cite
Datapoints:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions: Theme of the second verb, literal interpretation possible
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