Example 39-161

ikəl ɔm a kẽ use atəro
ikəl
dem
ɔm
man
a
acc
kẽ
who
use
2sg
atər-o
push-pst
the man whom you pushed
Comment:
In Diu Indo-Portuguese, there is a pair of nearly interchangeable prepositions (a and pə) which mark not only indirect objects but also (animate and pronominal) direct objects and even subjects (of experiencer verbs). In the literature on South Asian languages, case markers with similar distributions are sometimes called 'Dative-Accusative' markers, and subject arguments which receive them are called 'Dative subjects'. To make glosses more readable, these markers are variously glossed here as DAT or ACC, according to the role of the arguments in question.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Cardoso 2009: 243