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Example 2-146
A trawan gi a boi, gi a tra boi feifi, a vijfhonderd.
A
the
trawan
other
gi
give
a
the
boi,
boy
gi
give
a
the
tra
other
boi
boy
feifi,
five
a
the
vijfhonderd.
five_hundred
The other one gave the boy, gave the boy five, the five hundred.
Comment:
Vijfhonderd
is taken from Dutch.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Winford data, Tape 17-a
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Datapoints:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions: Subject – verb – recipient – theme
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