Datapoint Papiá Kristang/‘Take’ serial verb constructions

Instrumental take-serials are quite rare in Kristang. The normal way to express instrumentals is by means of an adposition.

Values

Instrument of the second verb, no resumptive pronoun

Example 42-147:
eli ja tomá faka kotrá kandri
eli
3sg
ja
pfv
tomá
take
faka
knife
kotrá
cut
kandri
meat
She cut the meat with a knife.

Source: Baxter 1988: 212

Example 42-148:
eli ja kotrá aké kandri ku faka
eli
3sg
ja
pfv
kotrá
cut
aké
that
kandri
meat
ku
ins
faka
knife
She cut the meat with a knife.
Confidence:
Very certain