Value Double-object construction

Language:
Angolar
Parameter:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’
References
Maurer 1995: 113ff.

Examples

  1. Têtêuga tua taba pega.
    Têtêuga
    turtle
    tua
    take
    taba
    plank
    pega.
    nail
    Turtle took the planks and nailed them.

    See Maurer 1995: 168

  2. N sikêvê Peru ũa kata.
    N
    I
    sikêvê
    write
    Peru
    Peter
    ũa
    one
    kata.
    letter
    I wrote Peter a letter.
    French: J'ai écrit une lettre à Pierre.

    See Maurer 1995: 114