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Adposition Frequency: 50.0%
Example 9-132:
Yu strayk em
wid
a haapun.
Yu
you
strayk
strike
em
them
wid
wih
a
a
haapun.
harpoon
You strike them with a harpoon.
Source:
Escure 1997
: 49
Confidence:
Certain
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Serial verb Frequency: 50.0%
Example 9-133:
Wi
kɛ
maʃɛt
gu ʧap
wud.
Wi
1pl
kɛ
carry
maʃɛt
machete
gu
go
ʧap
chop
wud.
wood
We chop wood with a machete.
Source:
Escure 1983
: 42
Confidence:
Intermediate
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Language:
Belizean Creole
Feature:
Instrumental expressions
Source:
Escure 1997
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