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== Verb serialization == Igbo permits [[Serial verb construction|verb serialization]], which is used extensively to compensate for its paucity of prepositions. Among the meaning types commonly expressed in serial verb constructions are instruments, datives, accompaniment, purpose, and manner. (13) and (14) below illustrate instrumental and dative verb series, respectively:<ref name=":0" /> {{interlinear|number=(13) |Ọ nà-èji mmà à-bacha jī. |3sg AUX-PREF-use knife PREF-peel yam |'He peels yams with a knife.'}} {{interlinear|number=(14) |Ọ zụ̀-tà-rà akwụkwọ nye m̄. |3sg buy-SUFF-PRF book give 1sg |'He bought a book and gave it to me.'}}
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