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Example 71-96
Pehea oe aihue
i
ka dala?
Pehea
why
oe
2sg
aihue
steal
i
obj
ka
def
dala?
dollar
Why did you steal the dollar?
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
own data 1890
Language:
Pidgin Hawaiian
by
Sarah J. Roberts
cite
Datapoints:
Marking of patient noun phrases: Only definite patient NPs are marked
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’: Indirect-object construction
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