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Example 59-261
lo mu lo ga a ni
lo
3sg
mu
take
lo
3sg
ga
come
na
prep
ni
det
He brought her.
Comment:
The determinant
ni
replaces
lo
in referring to the mother-in-law.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions: Theme of the second verb, literal interpretation possible
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