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Value ‘Give’ in second position, recipient only
Language:
Berbice Dutch
Parameter:
'Give' serial verb constructions
References
Kouwenberg 1994
: 394-6
;
Kouwenberg 2007
: 42-3
Examples
o ma
tiri
en
pi
ɛkɛ
o
3sg
ma
irr
tiri
send
en
one
pi
give
ɛkɛ
3sg
He will send me one.
See
Kouwenberg 1994
: 394
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