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Value Double-object construction
Language:
Berbice Dutch
Parameter:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’
References
Bruyn et al. 1999
Examples
o bi daten dekto
an
pit di man jɛrma
o
3sg
bi
say
dati
that
eni
3pl
deki-tɛ
take-
pfv
o
3sg
an
and
pi-tɛ
give-
pfv
di
the
man
man
jɛrma
woman
It is said that they abducted him and gave the man a woman.
See
Kouwenberg 2007
: 35
en kɛnɛ pi eni en gutu ka
en
indf
kɛnɛ
person
pi
give
eni
3pl
en
indf
gutu
thing
ka
neg
Nobody gives them anything.
See
Kouwenberg 1994
: 590
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