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Example 25-167
Imin givit thet K.
langa
mai bratha.
Im=in
3sg
=
pst
giv-it
give-
tr
thet
dem
K.
K.
langa
loc
mai
1sg
.
poss
bratha.
brother
He gave K. to my brother (in marriage).
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates a locative-marked recipient with the ditransitive verb 'give'.
Type:
translation in elicitation of other language
Source:
nd
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Definite articles: Definite article identical to a demonstrative
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’: Indirect-object construction
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions: Subject – verb – theme – recipient
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