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Example 10-138
Beda Taiga tek aal di big fish an gi Beda Naansi aal di likl wan dem.
Beda
Brother
Taiga
Tiger
tek
take
aal
all
di
art
.
def
big
big
fish
fish
an
and
gi
give
Beda
Brother
Naansi
Anansi
aal
all
di
art
.
def
likl
little
wan
one
dem.
pl
Brother Tiger took all the big fish and gave Brother Anansi all the little ones.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Unpublished field recordings
Language:
San Andres Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’: Double-object construction
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