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Example 2-148
Dus den musu gi mi furu watra fu mi dringi.
Dus
thus
den
they
musu
should
gi
give
mi
1sg
furu
much
watra
water
fu
for
mi
1sg
dringi.
drink
So they need to give me a lot of water to drink.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Winford data, Tape 13-b
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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