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Value Indirect-object construction
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
Parameter:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’
References
Velupillai 2003
: 76, 64
Examples
ʃi wɛn ɹaɪʔ wan buk
ʃi
3sg
.
f
wɛn
pst
.
pfv
ɹaɪʔ
write
wan
art
buk
book
She wrote a book.
See
Velupillai 2003
: 76
hi wan tu tiʧ a staf tu ju foks
hi
3sg
wan
want
tu
to
tiʧ
teach
a
art
staf
stuff
tu
to
ju
2pl
foks
folk
He wants to teach the stuff to you folks.
a wɛn giv bæk da glu tu ænti
a
1sg
wɛn
pst
.
pfv
giv
give
bæk
back
da
art
glu
glue
tu
to
ænti
auntie
I gave the glue back to Auntie.
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