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Value Indirect-object construction
Language:
Tok Pisin
Parameter:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’
Examples
Givim mani long papa bilong yu.
Givim
give
mani
money
long
prep
papa
father
bilong
poss
yu.
2sg
Give your father the money.
Em i givim tupla fedas i go
long
mama.
Em
3sg
i
pm
givim
give
tu-pla
two-
mod
fedas
feather
i
pm
go
go
long
prep
mama.
mother
He gave two feathers to his mother.
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