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Example 26-73
hi laik tiʧ ju foks a staf
hi
3sg
laik
desid
tiʧ
teach
ju
2pl
foks
folks
a
art
staf
stuff
He wants to teach you folks the stuff.
Comment:
DESID = desiderative
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own fieldwork recording
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
by
Viveka Velupillai
cite
Datapoints:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’: Double-object construction
‘Want’ complement subjects: The complement subject is left implicit
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