Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online
Home
Languages
Features
WALS–APiCS
Surveys
Examples
Sources
Authors
Example 56-68
Mõ pu don sa rob Mari-Frãs.
Mon
1sg
pou
fut
donn
give
sa
dem
rob
dress
Mari-Frans.
Mari-Frans
I will give this dress to Mari-Frans.
French:
Je donnerai cette robe à Marie-France.
Type:
written (grammar)
Source:
Bollée 1977
: 63
Language:
Seychelles Creole
by
Susanne Maria Michaelis
and
Marcel Rosalie
cite
Datapoints:
Definite articles: Definite article identical to a demonstrative
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions: Subject – verb – theme – recipient
×