Example 5-147

ii tek wan klaat waip di teebl
ii
3sg
tek
take
wan
indf.art
klaat
cloth
waip
wipe
di
def.art
teebl
table
He wiped the table with a cloth.
Comment:
This construction has a different implication for its seeming equivalent /ii waip di teebl wid wan klaat/. The serial construction 'take X do Y' has the implication that the action is deliberate and planned. The non-serial construction does not have such an implication.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge