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Example 49-259
Ou voye l ban mwen.
Ou
2sg
voye
send
l
3sg
ban
give
mwen.
1sg
You have sent him/her/it to me.
French:
Tu me l'as envoyé.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fattier 1998
: vol. 3, p. 455
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Datapoints:
'Give' serial verb constructions: ‘Give’ in second position, recipient or beneficiary
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