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Value Instrument of the second verb, no resumptive pronoun
Language:
Saramaccan
Parameter:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions
References
Veenstra 1996
: 85
Examples
Mi
tei
di faka
koti
di bɛɛɛ.
Mi
1sg
tei
take
di
def
.
sg
faka
knife
koti
cut
di
def
.
sg
bɛɛɛ.
bread
I cut the bread with the knife.
See
Veenstra 1996
: 85
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