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Language:
Berbice Dutch
Parameter:
Experiencer constructions with ‘like’
Examples
o wa poktɛkɛ an o dektɛkɛ
o
3sg
wa
pst
poko-tɛ
like-
pfv
ɛkɛ
1sg
an
and
o
3sg
deki-tɛ
take-
pfv
ɛkɛ
1sg
He liked me and took me (to be his wife).
See
Kouwenberg 1994
: 652
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