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Value Double-object construction
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
Parameter:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’
References
Velupillai 2003
: 76, 64
Examples
a gɔn klin ɔf dæd læn
a
1sg
gɔn
fut
klin
clean
ɔf
off
dæd
dem
læn
land
I'll clean off that land.
See
Velupillai 2003
: 64
hi laik tiʧ ju foks a staf
hi
3sg
laik
desid
tiʧ
teach
ju
2pl
foks
folks
a
art
staf
stuff
He wants to teach you folks the stuff.
a wɛn giv ænti da glu
a
1sg
wɛn
pst
.
pfv
giv
give
ænti
auntie
da
art
glu
glue
I gave Auntie the glue.
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