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Example 59-189
lo ke mu na mo nginza ti bata na lo
lo
3sg
ke
cop
mu
give
na
prep
mo
2sg
nginza
money
ti
of
bata
keep
na
prep
lo
3sg
He'll give you money to keep for him.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Samarin 1967
: 181
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions: Subject – verb – recipient – theme
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