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sentences without verb serialization are not very common.
Three of these verbs, si 'to try,' tern 'to want,' and karat
'to hurry' are used in the following sentences.
22. Neu-ci (neu-)peugbt beu got sipatu nyoe.
2r-try 2r-repair DES good shoe this
'Please repair these shoes as good as possible
(until they are good).'
23. Neu-tem (neu-)peuutang lon meu duwa reutbh rupiya?
2r-want 2r-lend I about two hundred rupiah
'Do you want to lend me about two hundred ruplahs?'
24. Nyoe payah ta-karat (ta-)ba laju u meulasah.
This must l£nc-hurry linc-bring soon to "meulasah"
'This must be brought to the village center soon.'
Verbs that belong to this group are:
Si 'to try'
cuba 'to try'
usaha 'to try'
karat 'to hurry'
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tern 'to want to'
puphgn 'to begin'
[iii]. The second type of structure in which verb
serialization can occur is the one where the complement is
preceded by an object NP of the higher verb. In this
structure, the subject of the complement is coreferential
with this object NP.
One of the verbs that occur in this structure is vue
'to order.' Here, verb serialization is optional. Verb