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Value Indirect-object construction
Language:
Cameroon Pidgin English
Parameter:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’
References
Féral 1989
: 67
Examples
A don tchop bif.
A
1sg
.
sbj
don
pfv
tchop
eat
bif.
meat
I have eaten meat.
See
Féral 1989
: 65
A 'don 'giv 'buk fo 'yi.
A
1sg
.
sbj
don
pfv
giv
give
buk
book
fo
for
i.
3sg
.
obl
I have given her/him a book.
See
Féral 1989
: 67
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