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29. Ka lon-yue-tamong (*bak) jamee.
PERF 1-ask enter to guest
'I have asked the guests to enter.'
4> 4*
30. Geu-yue-jak (*bak) geutanyoe le-le.
3r-ask go to we_nc first
'He asked us to go first.'
Sometimes, the higher object is placed in a PP with bak
although the verb of the complement is intransitive and not
one of those formed with -sum-. This is done when the verb
has a purposive function and is used to perform an errand
type of activity, for example to go to town to buy something
for the house or for some other people.r
31. Ka lon-yue-jak u keude bak jih.
PERF 1-ask go to town to hey
' I have asked him to go to town (instead of doing
it myself or asking some other person) (In order to
buy the thing that we need).'
32. Neu-yue-nom bak ureueng nyan.
2r-ask dive to person that
'Ask that person to dive (in order to find the
thing that has sunk).'
J When an intransitive verb is u§ed in this sense, the
actor can be placed in an agentive le-phrase. similar to an
agent in a passive sentence. The meaning is 'the errand or
activity has been/will be done by X, where X is the agent.
For example, Ka geu-jak le ayah-keuh u keude 'The task of
going to town to buy the thing that we need has been done by
your father.'