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Example 32-94
Tina dá se prufesor un flor.
Tina
Tina
dá
give
se
3sg
.
poss
prufesor
teacher
un
det
flor.
flower
Tina gave her teacher a flower.
Portuguese:
A Tina deu uma flor ao seu professor.
Comment:
This shows a double-object construction.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
cite
Datapoints:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’: Double-object construction
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