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Example 59-249
gboto lo na ya ti du ni, asi gigi
gboto
pull
lo
3sg
na
prep
ya
belly
ti
of
du
hole
ni,
det
a-si
pm
-arrive
gigi
outside
Pull him/her out of the hole.
Comment:
The second clause could be anything that specified the result of the pulling.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’: Serial verb construction
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