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Value Serial verb construction
Language:
Sango
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’
References
Bouquiaux et al. 1978
: 130
Examples
gboto lo na ya ti du ni, asi gigi
gboto
pull
lo
3sg
na
prep
ya
belly
ti
of
du
hole
ni,
det
a-si
pm
-arrive
gigi
outside
Pull him/her out of the hole.
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