yaa bɛ tɔ brodeɛ anoa adi ada
“Yaa will buy plantain, cook it, eat it, and sleep.”
| bròdéɛ` |
| brodeɛ |
| plantain |
| CN |
Ama bɛfa safua no abue dan no
“Ama will take the key to open the house”
Papa no de ne nsa asᴐ n’afu
“The man has held his tummy with his hand”
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)