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Value No ‘give’ serials exist
Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
'Give' serial verb constructions
Examples
Wan litel gel bin katimbat wud blanga Jein.
Wan
one
litel
little
gel
girl
bin
pst
kat-im-bat
cut-
tr
-
prog
wud
wood
blanga
dat
/
poss
Jein.
Jane
One/a certain little girl was cutting wood for Jane.
Yu nomo washim bla mi kloth.
Yu
2sg
nomo
neg
wash-im
wash-
tr
bla
dat
/
poss
mi
1sg
kloth.
clothes
You never wash my clothes for me. (uttered as a complaint)
Yu go la im bla meit!
Yu
2sg
go
go
la
loc
im
3sg
bla
dat
/
poss
meit!
mate
Go to her as a mate! (i.e. as companion)
Dei bin dali mi thadmob gel ba gajimbat klos
ba alabat biginini
na.
Dei
3pl
bin
pst
dali
tell:
tr
mi
1sg
thad-mob
dem
-
coll
gel
girl
ba
dat
gaj-im-bat
get-
tr
-
prog
klos
clothes
ba
dat
alabat
3pl
biginini
child
na.
now
They told me, those girls did, to get clothes for their children.
See
Angelo et al. 1998
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