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Example 37-149
Kêdê mêzê ê ka
xikêvê
kata ũa
da
mi.
Kêdê
every
mêzê
month
ê
3sg
ka
hab
xikêvê
write
kata
letter
ũa
one
da
give
mi.
me
Every month, he writes me a letter. OR: Every month, he writes a letter for me (e.g. because I cannot write).
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Maurer 2009
: 111
Language:
Principense
by
Philippe Maurer
cite
Datapoints:
'Give' serial verb constructions: ‘Give’ in second position, recipient or beneficiary
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