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Example 56-134
Apre ou
pran
goni ou
toufe
.
Apre
then
ou
2sg
pran
take
goni
jute.bag
ou
2sg
toufe.
choke
Then you choke [the fish] with the jute bag. OR: Then you take the jute bag and choke [the fish].
French:
Après, vous prenez des sacs en toile de jute et vous étouffez [le poisson]. (Bollée & Rosalie 1994: 223)
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Bollée and Rosalie 1994
: 222
Language:
Seychelles Creole
by
Susanne Maria Michaelis
and
Marcel Rosalie
cite
Datapoints:
Instrumental expressions: Serial verb
‘Take’ serial verb constructions: Instrument of the second verb, no resumptive pronoun
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