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Example 61-92
Thengela mina lo buk.
Theng-el-a
buy-
ben
-
imp
mina
I
lo
def
.
art
buk.
book
Buy me a book. OR: Buy a book for me.
Comment:
The verbal extension -
ela
is commonly used by rural speakers of the pidgin to denote 'buy for'. In other cases this may have to be expressed periphrastially. There are no serial uses of 'give' or 'take'.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Field notes Mesthrie
Language:
Fanakalo
by
Rajend Mesthrie
cite
Datapoints:
'Give' serial verb constructions: No ‘give’ serials exist
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