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Example 66-71
Pompanganak ekasi (aða) kumbang attu deppe ummana.
Pompang-anak
female-child
e-kasi
asp
-give
(aða)
(
aux
)
kumbang
flower
attu
indf
de-pe
3sg
-
poss
umma-na.
mother-
dat
The girl has given a flower to her mother.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
cite
Datapoints:
Order of subject, object, and verb: Subject-verb-object (SVO)
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions: Subject – verb – theme – recipient
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