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Value Double-object construction
Language:
Negerhollands
Parameter:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’
References
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 11-68
Examples
Də mēⁿshi a kri ēn kin.
Də
det
mēⁿshi
girl
a
pst
kri
get
ēn
indf
kin.
child
The girl had a child.
Dutch:
Het meisje kreeg een kind.
See
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 12
[...] fo gi shi kabái watər.
[...]
[...]
fo
for
gi
give
shi
3.
poss
kabái
horse
watər.
water
[...] to give his horse(s) water.
See
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 25
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