Datapoint Kriol/'Give' serial verb constructions

Beneficiaries and recipients are marked by prepositions (blanga/bla for beneficiaries, la for recipients with 'give'; see Feature 60 "Ditransitive ('give') constructions"). No serial verb construction involving 'give' is attested in Kriol.

Values

No ‘give’ serials exist

Example 25-1:
Wan litel gel bin katimbat wud blanga Jein.
Wan
one
litel
little
gel
girl
bin
pst
kat-im-bat
cut-tr-prog
wud
wood
blanga
dat/poss
Jein.
Jane
One/a certain little girl was cutting wood for Jane.
Example 25-23:
Yu nomo washim bla mi kloth.
Yu
2sg
nomo
neg
wash-im
wash-tr
bla
dat/poss
mi
1sg
kloth.
clothes
You never wash my clothes for me. (uttered as a complaint)
Example 25-26:
Yu go la im bla meit!
Yu
2sg
go
go
la
loc
im
3sg
bla
dat/poss
meit!
mate
Go to her as a mate! (i.e. as companion)
Example 25-305:
Dei bin dali mi thadmob gel ba gajimbat klos ba alabat biginini na.
Dei
3pl
bin
pst
dali
tell:tr
mi
1sg
thad-mob
dem-coll
gel
girl
ba
dat
gaj-im-bat
get-tr-prog
klos
clothes
ba
dat
alabat
3pl
biginini
child
na.
now
They told me, those girls did, to get clothes for their children.

Source: Angelo et al. 1998

Confidence:
Very certain