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Talk:Classroom talk:LING2208 - Annotating Akan

yaa bɛ tɔ brodeɛ anoa adi ada
“Yaa will buy plantain, cook it, eat it, and sleep.”
yáá
yaa
yaa
Np
bɛ́tɔ́
bɛ́tɔ́
FUTbuy
V1
bròdéɛ`
brodeɛ
plantain
CN
ánóá
anoa
CONScook
V2
ádí
adi
CONSeat
V3
ádá
ada
CONSsleep
V4
Ama bɛfa safua no abue dan no
“Ama will take the key to open the house”
Ama
ama
AmaSBJ
Np
bɛfa
fa
FUTtake
V1
safua
safua
keyOBJ
N
no
no
DEF
DET
abue
abue
CONSopen
V2
dan
dan
houseOBJ
N
no
no
DEF
DET
Papa no de ne nsa asᴐ n’afu
“The man has held his tummy with his hand”
papa
papa
manSBJ
N
no
no
DEF
DET
de
de
use
V1
ne
ne
3SGPOSS
PN
nsa
nsa
handOBJ
N
asᴐ
asᴐ
CONShold
V2
n’afu
n’afu
POSStummy
N

These phrases feature the consecutive verb markes (CONS), which seems to agree from every second verb and up in an SVC. Does this somehow carry the tense of the first verb? I haven't found any cases in TC where it appears on the first verb, is this not possible?

The first two phrases are recognised SVCs, while the third sentence is different. The a-from verb is required when the V1 in a serialisation a future or progressive verb. 
A-form verbs also introduce adverbial purpose clauses. The 3.sentence seems to be of the latter type.
--Dorothee Beermann 11:46, 25 March 2014 (UTC)


--Are Ormberg 10:18, 7 March 2014 (UTC)