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Value Subject – verb – theme – recipient
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
Parameter:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions
Examples
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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