Example 39-158

Ikəl ɔm ki use atəro a el.
Ikəl
dem
ɔm
man
ki
rel
use
2s
atər-o
push-pst
a
acc
el.
3sg
That man whom you pushed.
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, according to the role of the arguments in question.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Cardoso 2004-2008