Example 25-257

Wot im skin, wi gata givit im skin na thet men na.
Wot
what
im
3sg
skin,
subsection
wi
1pl
gata
fut/oblig
giv-it
give-tr
im
3sg
skin
subsection
na
now
thet
dem
men
man
na.
now
What's his skin name, we should give that man a skin name.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates a double object construction with the ditransitive verb 'give'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt