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Example 4-147
Den pikin wasi ala den beenki gi mi.
Den
det
.
pl
pikin
child
wasi
wash
ala
all
den
det
.
pl
beenki
dishes
gi
give
mi.
me
The children washed all the dishes for me.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Goury and Migge 2003
: 131
Language:
Nengee
by
Bettina Migge
cite
Datapoints:
'Give' serial verb constructions: ‘Give’ in second position, recipient or beneficiary
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