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Example 54-129
Somanké, i fodra donn boug la in bout.
Somanke,
certainly
i
fin
fodra
must.
fut
donn
give
boug
man
la
dem
en
indf
bout.
piece
Certainly, you will have to give the man a piece.
French:
Sans manquer, il faudra donner un bout au type.
Comment:
This is an example of a ditransitive construction;
boug la
, the recipient, is not marked.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Barat et al. 1977
: 60
Language:
Reunion Creole
by
Annegret Bollée
cite
Datapoints:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’: Double-object construction
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