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Example 71-97
Oe aihue kela hua wau, oe ule pilau!
Oe
2sg
aihue
steal
kela
det
hua
fruit
wau,
1sg
.
poss
oe
2sg
ule
penis
pilau!
filthy
You stole my fruit, you scumbag!
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Own data 1898
Language:
Pidgin Hawaiian
by
Sarah J. Roberts
cite
Datapoints:
Marking of patient noun phrases: Only definite patient NPs are marked
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’: Double-object construction
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