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Example 29-110
Piet sien (vir) die mes. — Piet sien (vir) Karel.
Piet
Pete
sien
sees
(vir)
(for)
die
the
mes.
knife
—
Piet
Pete
sien
sees
(vir)
(for)
Karel.
Charles
Pete sees the knife. — Pete sees Charles.
Comment:
Vir
is more natural with animates, but is also not impossible with inanimates, particularly in more colloquial varieties.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Datapoints:
Alignment of case marking of full noun phrases: Accusative alignment
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