Value Subject – verb – recipient – theme

Language:
Papiá Kristang
Parameter:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions
References
Baxter 1988: 161

Examples

  1. eli ja da ku eli sa pai aké pesi
    eli
    3sg
    ja
    pfv
    da
    give
    ku
    dat
    eli
    3sg
    sa
    gen
    pai
    father
    aké
    that
    pesi
    fish
    He gave his father the fish.