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Example 38-155
M’ske fe bo pa tyila bo foiai?
Amu-ske
1sg
-
irr
fe
make
bo
2sg
pa
for
tyila
pull
bo
2sg
fo-iai?
leave-there
What can I do to pull you out (of) there?
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own fieldwork 1993
Language:
Fa d’Ambô
by
Marike Post
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’: Serial verb construction
Polar questions: Only interrogative intonation
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