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Example 5-97
mi tek di baal gi Jaan
mi
1sg
tek
take
di
the
baal
ball
gi
give
Jaan
John
I gave the ball to John deliberately. (i.e. I didn't give it to him by accident.)
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Datapoints:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’: Secondary-object construction
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