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Example 63-120
bakán úmun já wedí
na
ómun bakán fi Mazéras
bakán
when
úmun
3pl
já
come
wedí
give
na
to
ómun
3pl
bakán
place
fi
in
Mazéras
Mazeras
When they came, they gave them a place to live in Mazeras.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Luffin 2005
: 237
Language:
Kinubi
by
Xavier Luffin
cite
Datapoints:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’: Indirect-object construction
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions: Subject – verb – recipient – theme
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