Serial verb construction

Okay kiddo, so you know how we talk in sentences that have one verb, like "I eat spaghetti"? Well, some people in some languages talk in sentences that have more than one verb, which is called a serial verb construction. It's like they make a list of verbs that all go together to describe what they're doing.

For example, in a language called Ewe, they might say "I go market buy tomatoes come back". That's three verbs - go, buy, and come back - all in a row. It's kind of like if you were telling me about your day and you said "I woke up, brushed my teeth, got dressed, and went to school". Those are four verbs in a row.

Not all languages use serial verb constructions, but some do. And it can make their sentences sound different from the way we're used to hearing things in English. But don't worry, it's just another way of speaking that people use to communicate.