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Example 55-99
ar/ek/avek ki sanla to'n don larzaṅ la?
ar/ek/avek
with
ki
who
sanla
that.one
to'n
2sg
.
pfv
don
give
larzaṅ
money
la?
def
To whom have you given the money?
Comment:
ar, ek
, and
avek
are optional variants all of which derive historically from French
avec
.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Mauritian Creole
by
Philip Baker
and
Sibylle Kriegel
cite
Datapoints:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’: Indirect-object construction
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