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Example 60-84
mamá apésákí mwána búku
mamá
mother
a-pés-ákí
3sg
-give-
pst
mwána
child
búku
book
The mother gave the child a book.
Type:
constructed by near-native speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Lingala
by
Michael Meeuwis
cite
Datapoints:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’: Double-object construction
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