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Example 37-151
Mama wada, n ka lava Mama ine fiida sê.
Mama
Mama
wada,
wait
n
1sg
ka
fut
lava
wash
Mama
Mama
ine
pl
fiida
wound
sê.
dem
Mama, wait, I’ll wash these wounds for you.
Comment:
This is a double object construction where the indirect object corresponds to the beneficiary.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Maurer 2009
Language:
Principense
by
Philippe Maurer
cite
Datapoints:
'Give' serial verb constructions: ‘Give’ in second position, recipient or beneficiary
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