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Example 58-80
Yandi pesa mono mbongo.
Yandi
3sg
pesa
give
mono
me
mbongo.
money
He/She gave me money.
Comment:
The tense is narrative.
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
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