Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online

Value Only animate patient NPs are marked

Language:

Batavia Creole

Parameter:

Marking of patient noun phrases

References

Maurer 2011: 75ff.

Examples

1. Choma kung kusir.

   Choma

   call

   kung

   obj

   kusir.

   coachman

   Call the coachman.

   See Maurer 2011: 77

2. Ile choma su kongsedu, [...].

   Ile

   3sg

   choma

   call

   su

   poss.3sg

   kongsedu,

   acquaintance

   [...].

   [...]

   He invited his acquaintances, […].

   See Maurer 2011: 23