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‘Take’ serial verb constructions
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Example 54-186:
[...] mi pran in peu bonux, mi mèt dedan, mi mèt tranpé.
[...]
[...]
mi
1sg
.
fin
pran
take
en
indf
pe
little
bonux,
bonux
mi
1sg
.
fin
met
put
dëdan,
into
mi
1sg
.
fin
met
put
tranpe.
soak
[...] I take a bit of bonux, I put it in (the washing), I let it soak.
French:
[...] je prends un peu de bonux, je le mets dedans, je mets à tremper.
Source:
Cellier 1982
Example 54-187:
[...] ou pran in pti koton sitronèl, ou mèt par ann-dan ou amar par isi.
[...] ou pran en pti koton sitronel, ou met par ann-dan, ou amar par isi.
[...]
2sg
take
indf
little stalk citronelle
2sg
put inside
2sg
fasten here
[...] you take a little stalk of sitronel (Cymbopogon citratus), you put it inside, you fasten it here.
French:
[...] tu prends une petite tige de citronelle, tu la mets dedans, tu l'attaches ici.
Source:
Cellier 1982
: 54
Confidence:
Uncertain
Language:
Reunion Creole
by
Annegret Bollée
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Language:
Reunion Creole
Feature:
‘Take’ serial verb constructions
Source:
Own knowledge
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