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'Give' serial verb constructions
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No ‘give’ serials exist
Example 47-3:
Maria a duna Wanchu un buki.
Maria
Maria
a
pfv
duna
give
Wanchu
Wanchu
un
indf
buki.
book
Maria gave Wanchu a book.
Source:
Kouwenberg and Muysken 1995
: 209
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Papiamentu
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Language:
Papiamentu
Feature:
'Give' serial verb constructions
Source:
Bendix 1972
;
Jansen et al. 1978
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