Value No ‘give’ serials exist

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
'Give' serial verb constructions

Examples

  1. 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.
  2. 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)
  3. 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)
  4. 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