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Example 37-150
Kêdê mêzê Maa ka xikevê
mi
kata ũa.
Kêdê
every
mêzê
month
Maa
Maa
ka
hab
xikevê
write
mi
1sg
kata
letter
ũa.
one
Every month Maa writes me a letter.
Comment:
This is a double object construction where the indirect object corresponds to the recipient.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Maurer 2009
: 121
Language:
Principense
by
Philippe Maurer
cite
Datapoints:
'Give' serial verb constructions: ‘Give’ in second position, recipient or beneficiary
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