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Example 57-61
Sola reste ave tule Tuo-la, e pi apre, ka la ni ŋgra pi apre sola ndone fam
pu
lja.
Sola
3pl
reste
stay
ave
with
tule
pl
Tuo-la,
Touho-
det
/
def
e
and
pi
then
apre,
later
ka
when
la
he
ni
compl
ŋgra
grow
pi
then
apre
later
sola
they
ndone
give
fam
wife
pu
for
lja.
3sg
They stayed with the people from Touho tribe, and when he had grown up, he was given a wife.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Ehrhart 1993
: 224
Language:
Tayo
by
Sabine Ehrhart
and
Melanie Revis
cite
Datapoints:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’: Indirect-object construction
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions: Subject – verb – theme – recipient
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