Value No ‘take’ serials

Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
Parameter:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions

Examples

  1. Shi kot di miit wid di naif.
    Shi
    3sg.f
    kot
    cut
    di
    art.def
    miit
    meat
    wid
    ins
    di
    art.def
    naif.
    knife
    She cut the meat with the knife.
  2. Ih tek di ruop an put it roun ih nek kwik.
    Ih
    3sg
    tek
    take
    di
    art.def
    ruop
    rope
    an
    and
    put
    put
    it
    3sg
    roun
    round
    ih
    3sg.poss
    nek
    neck
    kwik.
    quick
    He took the rope and quickly put it around his neck.
  3. Yu wa tek yu duori an yu gwain Pearl Lagoon.
    Yu
    2sg
    wa
    fut
    tek
    take
    yu
    2sg.poss
    duori
    canoe
    an
    and
    yu
    2sg
    gwain
    go.fut
    Pearl
    Pearl
    Lagoon.
    Lagoon
    You will take your canoe and go to Pearl Lagoon.

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