Value Verb-initial theme – recipient

Language:
Afrikaans
Parameter:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions

Examples

  1. 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.