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Example 5-96
dem gi di maan di buk
dem
3pl
gi
give
di
the
maan
man
di
the
buk
book
They gave the man the book. OR: They gave the book to the man.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Datapoints:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’: Double-object construction
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