Value Indirect-object construction

Language:
Casamancese Creole
Parameter:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’

Examples

  1. 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.
  2. 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.