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Value Indirect-object construction
Language:
Casamancese Creole
Parameter:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’
Examples
N da libru
pa
Joŋ.
N
1sg
.
sbj
ø
pfv
da
give
libru
book
pa
for
Joŋ.
John
I gave the/a book to John.
Mariya langá kalsa
pa
mininu.
Mariya
Mary
ø
pfv
langá
hand.over
kalsa
trousers
pa
for
mininu.
child
Mary handed over the trousers to the child.
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