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‘Take’ serial verb constructions
The examples for value 3 seem to be marginal uses of teki.
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Theme of the second verb, literal interpretation possible Frequency: 47.4%
Example 2-218:
A man
teki
swarfu dosu
fringi
naki.
A
the
man
man
teki
take
swarfu
match
dosu
box
fringi
throw
naki.
hit
The man takes the matchbox and throws it and hits.
Example 2-219:
Kande a man
teki
omeni
poti
ini en saka kba.
Kande
maybe
a
the
man
man
teki
take
omeni
how.much
poti
put
ini
into
en
3sg
saka
pocket
kba.
already
Maybe the man took a lot for his own pocket already.
Confidence:
Very certain
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Instrument of the second verb, no resumptive pronoun Frequency: 47.4%
Example 2-169:
Kofi
teki
a nefi
koti
a brede.
Kofi
Kofi
teki
take
a
det
nefi
knife
koti
cut
a
det
brede.
bread
Kofi cut the bread with a knife.
Source:
Winford and Migge 2008
: 710
Confidence:
Very certain
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Theme of the second verb, literal interpretation impossible Frequency: 5.3%
Example 2-220:
Mi papa e
teki
moro furu aandacht
gi
a man.
Mi
my
papa
father
e
ipfv
teki
take
moro
more
furu
full
aandacht
attention
gi
give
a
the
man.
man
My father pays more attention to the man.
Example 2-221:
Hey, den man, den man e
teki
a sani e
meki
grap.
Hey,
hey
den
the.
pl
man,
man
den
the.
pl
man
man
e
ipfv
teki
take
a
det
sani
thing
e
ipfv
meki
make
grap.
joke
Hey, they are making the joke of the matter.
Confidence:
Intermediate
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Language:
Sranan
Feature:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions
Source:
Own knowledge
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