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Value Verb-initial theme – recipient
Language:
Afrikaans
Parameter:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions
Examples
Daarom gee ons die roos vir/aan die man.
Daarom
therefore
gee
give
ons
1pl
die
def
.
art
roos
rose
vir/aan
to
die
def
.
art
man.
man
Therefore we will give the rose to the man.
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