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Example 49-165
Larivyè a kraze pon an lè dlo a te monte.
Larivyè
river
a
def
kraze
demolish
pon
bridge
an
def
lè
when
dlo
water
a
def
te
ant
monte.
rise
The river demolished the bridge when the water rose.
French:
La rivière a démoli le pont quand l’eau est montée.
Comment:
The verb is monotransitive.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Valdman et al. (eds.) 2007
: 313
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Datapoints:
Marking of patient noun phrases: No marking of patient NPs
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’: Double-object construction
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