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Value Serial verb construction plus preposition
Language:
Early Sranan
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’
References
Essegbey and Bruyn 2013+
Examples
Lea hari Maria komoto na (ini) horo.
Lea
Lea
hari
pull
Maria
Maria
komoto
come.out
na
loc
(ini)
(in(side))
horo.
hole
Lea pulled Maria out of the hole.
Myki den krien da gottere bon poele loete kommotte.
Meki
make
den
3pl
krin
clean
da
det
.
sg
gotro
ditch
bun
well
puru
remove
lutu
root
komoto.
come.out
Let them clean the ditch and pull out the roots [from the soil].
Dutch:
Maak dat ze de Sloot ter deeg schoon maaken en haalen de Wortels wel uit de Grond. [op.cit.]
See
van Dyk ca. 1765
: 58
Da Masra P. tjarie em komopo na Engliesiekondree gie joe mie briebie.
Da
it.be
Masra
master
P.
p
tyari
carry
en
3sg
komopo
come.out
na
loc
Ingriskondre
England
gi
give
yu
2sg
mi
1sg
bribi.
believe
It was Mister P. who brought it from England for you, I believe.
Dutch:
De Heer P zal 't u uit Engeland mêe gebracht hebben geloof ik. [op.cit.]
See
Weygandt 1798
: 122-123
Sarki swali somma; a hali somma go na inni watra.
Sarki
shark
swari
swallow
soma;
person
a
3sg
.
sbj
hari
pull
soma
person
go
go
na
loc
ini
in(side)
watra.
water
(A) shark(s) swallow(s) people; it pulls people into the water.
See
Schumann 1783
: 83
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