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Example 29-119
omdat ek (vir) die man 'n roos gegee het
omdat
because
ek
1sg
.
nom
(vir)
(for)
die
def
.
art
man
man
'n
indf
.
art
roos
rose
ge-gee
ptcp
-given
het
pst
because I gave the man a rose
Comment:
In the spoken language, the indirect object is most commonly accompanied by the
vir
marker.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Datapoints:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions: Subject – recipient – theme – verb
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