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Example 49-261
Fè travay la ban mwen!
Fè
do
travay
work
la
def
ban
for
mwen!
1sg
Do the work for me!
French:
Fais moi le travail!
Comment:
Valdman (ed.) (2007: 72) writes regarding this use: "often emphasizing a command".
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Valdman et al. (eds.) 2007
: 72
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Datapoints:
'Give' serial verb constructions: ‘Give’ in second position, recipient or beneficiary
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