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Example 49-260
Fo m mennen machin nan tounen ba li.
Fo
must
m
1sg
mennen
take
machin
car
nan
def
tounen
return
ba
give
li.
3sg
I have to return the car to him.
French:
Il faut que je lui ramène la voiture.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Valdman et al. 1996
: 152
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Datapoints:
'Give' serial verb constructions: ‘Give’ in second position, recipient or beneficiary
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