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considered serialized verbs; the two verbs occur side by
side and only the first verb has a proclitic. However, both
the meaning and the intonation show that they are separate
verbs that belong to separate chunks of the sentence. 4
48. Lon-sangka pajoh bu nyoe mantbn_j.
1-think eat rice this only
'I thought (we) were supposed to eat only this
rice.'
There is a short comma-like break between sangka and
pajoh. which indicates they are not serialized verbs. In
addition to this, sangka pajoh 'think eat' is not a normal
meaningful unit.
Whether or not a series of verbs are serialized can
also be tested with passive, if the last verb is transitive.
As mentioned earlier, a passive sentence is formed by moving
the object into the subject position and placing the subject
in a le-phrase. leaving the serialized verbs intact. But if
sentence (47) is passivized, the result is an ungrammatical
passive sentence (49), which indicates that sangka pajoh in
that sentence are not serialized verbs.
49. *Bu nyoe lon-sangka pajoh mantong (le lon).
Rice this 1-think eat only by I
4 A sentence with sangka usually has a slight rise of
intonation when the complement is a contrary-to-fact
statement.