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Example 69-65
mən mambi awlmbi yəm kandək wambakəmbi
mən
3sg
mambi
again
awl-mbi
take-
dep
yəm
water
kandək
obl
wambakə-mbi
throw-
dep
(They) took it again and threw (it) into the water.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own field notes 1985
Language:
Yimas-Arafundi Pidgin
by
William A. Foley
cite
Datapoints:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions: Theme of the second verb, literal interpretation possible
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