23.2 Serial Verb Constructions IV (Subject)
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In Grammar and Vocabulary 16.4, we learned this type of serial verb construction: the first verb phrase is formed by 有 jau5, 冇 mou5 or 有冇 jau5 mou5 and a noun, and the second verb phrase provides details about the noun. In Grammar and Vocabulary 18.2, we learned that the noun in the first verb phrase is sometimes the object of the activity in the second verb phrase.
The noun in the first verb phrase can also be the subject of the activity in the second verb phrase. We will see a few examples like this in this lesson.
The noun in the first verb phrase is 我同Eric ngo5 tung4 Eric. The second verb phrase specifies that 我同Eric ngo5 tung4 Eric do the activity 去 heoi3. 我同Eric ngo5 tung4 Eric can be seen as the subject of 去 heoi3.The noun in the first verb phrase can also be a question word (e.g., 邊個 bin1 go3 ‘who’).