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Example 66-72
Pompanganak kumbang attu deppe ummana ekasi (aða).
Pompang-anak
female-child
kumbang
flower
attu
indf
de-pe
3sg
-
poss
umma-na
mother-
dat
e-kasi
asp
-give
(aða).
(
aux
)
The girl gave a flower to her mother.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
cite
Datapoints:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions: Subject – theme – recipient – verb
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