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Example 25-256
Giv mi thet garndi langa im!
Giv
give
mi
1sg
thet
dem
garndi
stick
langa
loc
im!
3sg
Give me that stick for her! (i.e. to hit her)
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. The example illustrates a double-object construction with the verb 'give' (with pronominal recipient).
Garndi
is a Ngarinyman word.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’: Double-object construction
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