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Example 29-115
Piet het (vir) die kind die kos gegee.
Piet
Pete
het
pst
(vir)
(for)
die
def
.
art
kind
child
die
def
.
art
kos
food
ge-gee.
ptcp
-given
Pete gave the child the food.
Comment:
Double object constructions most commonly take
vir
in the modern spoken language, with the result that this construction is on the decline.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Datapoints:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’: Double-object construction
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