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Instrumental expressions
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Serial verb Frequency: 50.0%
Example 3-83:
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.
Source:
Veenstra 1996
: 85
Confidence:
Very certain
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Adposition Frequency: 50.0%
Example 3-82:
A koti hɛn
ku
di faka.
A
3sg
koti
cut
hɛn
3sg
ku
with
di
def
.
sg
faka.
knife
He cut it with the knife.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Saramaccan
by
Enoch O. Aboh
and
Tonjes Veenstra
and
Norval S.H. Smith
cite
Language:
Saramaccan
Feature:
Instrumental expressions
Source:
Fieldwork data
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