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Example 49-180
Li vle pase moun lòd kòm si li te mèt kay.
Li
3sg
vle
want
pase
give
moun
person
lòd
order
kòm
as
si
if
li
3sg
te
ant
mèt
master
kay.
house
He wants to order people around as if he were the master of the house.
French:
Il veut donner des ordres aux gens comme si il était le maître de maison.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Desmarattes 1983
: 4
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Datapoints:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions: Subject – verb – recipient – theme
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