Example 39-123

A mĩ tə sĩti dor də kabes.
A
dat
1sg.obl
ipfv.npst
sĩt-i
feel-inf
dor
pain
of
kabes.
head
I have a headache.
Comment:
In Diu Indo-Portuguese, there is a pair of nearly interchangeable prepositions (a and ) which mark not only indirect objects but also (animate and pronominal) direct objects and even subjects (of experiencer verbs). In the literature on South Asian languages, case markers with similar distributions are sometimes called 'Dative-Accusative' markers, and subject arguments which receive them are called 'Dative subjects'. To make glosses more readable, these markers are variously glossed here as DAT or ACC.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Cardoso 2004-2008