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Example 71-156
Iaia kii kela beer
haawi
Henry Moore.
Iaia
2sg
kii
fetch
kela
det
beer
beer
haawi
give
Henry
Henry
Moore.
Moore
He fetched some beer for Henry Moore. OR: He fetched some beer to give to Henry Moore.
Comment:
Note that the same speaker produced Example 157 in the same speech event.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Own data 1897
Language:
Pidgin Hawaiian
by
Sarah J. Roberts
cite
Datapoints:
'Give' serial verb constructions: No ‘give’ serials exist
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