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Example 35-195
fatu se ku men bô môlê fika da bô
fatu
costume
se
dem
ku
rel
men
mother
bô
2sg
.
poss
môlê
die
fika
leave
da
give
bô
2sg
the costume that your mother left for you when she died
Comment:
Here
da
indicates the recipient.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Hagemeijer 2000
: 101
Language:
Santome
by
Tjerk Hagemeijer
cite
Datapoints:
'Give' serial verb constructions: ‘Give’ in second position, recipient or beneficiary
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