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‘Take’ serial verb constructions
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Theme of the second verb, literal interpretation possible
Example 52-78:
i pran li mété li annan mem trou-a
i
he
pran
take
li
it
mété
put
li
it
annan
in
mem
same
trou-a
hole-
art
He took it and put in into the same hole.
Source:
Jennings and Pfänder 2013+
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Guyanais
by
Stefan Pfänder
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Language:
Guyanais
Feature:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions
Source:
Jennings and Pfänder 2013+
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