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'Give' serial verb constructions
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‘Give’ in second position, recipient or beneficiary
Example 52-5:
mo achté liv ba to
mo
I
achté
buy
liv
book
ba
give
to
you
I bought a book for you.
Example 52-92:
mo ké véyé timoun
ba
to
mo
I
ké
mood
véyé
look_after
timoun
child
ba
give
to
you
I shall look after the child for you.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Guyanais
by
Stefan Pfänder
cite
Language:
Guyanais
Feature:
'Give' serial verb constructions
Source:
Jennings and Pfänder 2013+
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