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Example 25-144
Ai bin gibitbat la ola kid tu sambala mani blanga plei.
Ai
1sg
bin
pst
gib-it-bat
give-
tr
-
prog
la
loc
ola
pl
kid
child
tu
too
sam-bala
some-
adj2
mani
money
blanga
dat
/
poss
plei.
play
I was also giving the children some money for playing.
Comment:
Variety: Katherine. This example illustrates a locative-marked recipient with the verb 'give'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Angelo et al. 1998
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Occurrence of nominal plural markers: Variable plural marking of human or inanimate nouns
Position of tense, aspect, and mood markers in relation to the verb: Immediately following the verb
Tightness of the link between the past marker and the verb: Particle, a few lexical items may intervene
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’: Indirect-object construction
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions: Subject – verb – recipient – theme
Focus particle ‘also’: After the focused element
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