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Example 41-139
tavii jeentispa daa daatu falaa poy laraa
[ta-vii]
[
prs
-come]
jeentis-pa
people-
dat
daa
give
daa-tu
give-
pfv
.
ptcp
falaa
tell
poy
habil
laraa
leave
Having given [the allowance] to the people who come [to collect it], you can tell [the others to come] and leave [it at that].
Comment:
Assuming this is not a speech error, the example shows
daa
both as a main verb and a recipient marker.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 5426
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
'Give' serial verb constructions: ‘Give’ in second position, recipient or beneficiary
Subject relative clauses: Zero and gap
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