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Example 58-81
Yandi tinda mono mukanda.
Yandi
3sg
tinda
send
mono
me
mukanda.
letter
He/She sent me a letter.
Comment:
The difference between the indefinite reference here, without a determiner/quantifier, and the indefinite reference with
mosi
'one' is that the latter is specific while the former is non-specific.
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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