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Example 41-96
trees poɖiyaaspa ʈyuviʃan tadaa
trees
three
poɖiyaas-pa
child.
pl
-
dat
ʈyuviʃan
tuition
ta-daa
prs
-give
[They] are giving tuition to three children.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 5171
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions: Subject – recipient – theme – verb
Expression of pronominal subjects: Optional pronoun words
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