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Example 7-204
Liiv dem de ge mi.
Liiv
leave
dem
3pl
de
there
ge
give
mi.
1sg
Leave them there for me. OR: Leave those for me.
Comment:
Here,
ge
introduces the recipient of the action.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Prescod 2004
: 92
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
'Give' serial verb constructions: ‘Give’ in second position, recipient or beneficiary
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