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Example 67-178
Sula belakang dia ambil payong pukul sama dia.
Sula
pfv
belakang
back
dia
3sg
ambil
take
payong
umbrella
pukul
beat
sama
with/
obj
dia.
3sg
After this, she hit him with an umbrella.
Comment:
The first
dia
refers to the lady and the second
dia
after
sama
refers to the man.
Sama
in this sentence functions as the object marker.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Aye 2005
: 350
Language:
Singapore Bazaar Malay
by
Khin Khin Aye
cite
Datapoints:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions: Instrument of the second verb, no resumptive pronoun
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