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Value Double-object construction
Language:
Bislama
Parameter:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’
References
Meyerhoff nd
Examples
hem i givim mi ol ting olsem mane wetem wan pis kaliko
hem
3sg
i
agr
givim
give
mi
1sg
ol
pl
ting
thing
olsem
like
mane
money
wetem
with
wan
indf
pis
piece
kaliko
cloth
He gave me things, like money and a piece of cloth.
See
Meyerhoff nd
bae yu givim hem sam mo mane?
bae
irr
yu
2sg
givim
give
hem
3sg
sam
some
mo
more
mane?
money
Would you have given him some more money?
See
Meyerhoff nd
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