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Example 7-205
Bai da de ge mi.
Bai
buy
da
dem
de
there
ge
give
mi.
1sg
Buy that for me.
Comment:
Ge
could introduce either the beneficiary or the substitute.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Prescod 2004
: 212
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
'Give' serial verb constructions: ‘Give’ in second position, recipient or beneficiary
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