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Example 29-118
omdat ek die roos vir/aan die man gegee het
omdat
because
ek
I
die
def
.
art
roos
rose
vir/aan
to
die
def
.
art
man
man
ge-gee
ptcp
-given
het
pst
because I gave the rose to the man
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Datapoints:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions: Subject – theme – recipient – verb
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