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Value Instrument of the second verb, no resumptive pronoun
Language:
Nengee
Parameter:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions
References
Huttar and Huttar 1994
: 390-391
Examples
Awansi fa wan kau bun, ná teke patata tetei tei en.
Awansi
although
fa
how
wan
a
kau
cow
bun,
good
ná
neg
teke
take
patata
potato
tetei
string
tei
tie
en.
it
No matter how good a cow is, don't use potato vine to tie her up.
See
Huttar and Huttar 1994
: 390
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