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Example 58-79
Yandi pes-aka mono mukanda ve.
Yandi
he
pes-aka
give-
pst
mono
me
mukanda
book
ve.
not
He did not give me the book.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Kikongo-Kituba
by
Salikoko S. Mufwene
cite
Datapoints:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’: Double-object construction
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions: Subject – verb – recipient – theme
Negative morpheme types: Negative particle
Position of standard negation: After verb plus postverbal object
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