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Value Double-object construction
Language:
Sranan
Parameter:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’
References
Bruyn et al. 1999
Examples
Mi gi a san disi wan nen.
Mi
1sg
gi
give
a
det
san
thing
disi
dem
wan
a
nen.
name
I gave this thing a name.
See
Bruyn et al. 1999
: 340
Granmama gi den pikin tori fa a ben de fosten.
Granmama
grandma
gi
give
den
the.
pl
pikin
child
tori
story
fa
how
a
it
ben
pst
de
cop
fosten.
long.ago
Grandmother told the children stories about how it was in the old days.
See
Wilner 1992
: 29
Dus dan a mati o gi den suma fu en a tori.
Dus
thus
dan
then
a
the
mati
friend
o
fut
gi
give
den
the.
pl
suma
people
fu
of
en
him
a
the
tori.
story
So then the friend will tell his relatives the story.
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