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Example 67-134
Saya mahu kasi diaorang balik dia punya sendiripunya cake.
Saya
1sg
mahu
want
kasi
give
diaorang
3pl
balik
return
dia
3sg
punya
poss
sendiri-punya
self-possess
cake.
cake
I wanted to return their own cake to them.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Aye 2005
: 456
Language:
Singapore Bazaar Malay
by
Khin Khin Aye
cite
Datapoints:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions: Subject – verb – recipient – theme
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