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Example 27-77
[...] gi di hou man də servet.
[...]
[...]
gi
give
di
det
hou
old
man
man
də
art
.
def
servet.
napkin
[...] give the old man the napkin.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 63
Language:
Negerhollands
by
Robbert van Sluijs
cite
Datapoints:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions: Subject – verb – recipient – theme
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