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Example 29-121
Daarom gee ons die roos vir/aan die man.
Daarom
therefore
gee
give
ons
1pl
die
def
.
art
roos
rose
vir/aan
to
die
def
.
art
man.
man
Therefore we will give 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: Verb-initial theme – recipient
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