Value Double-object construction

Language:
Palenquero
Parameter:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’

Examples

  1. Tigre ta-ba robando koneho ma yuka.
    Tigre
    tiger
    ta-ba
    be-pst.prog
    robando
    steal
    koneho
    rabbit
    ma
    pl
    yuka.
    cassava
    The tiger was stealing the cassava from the rabbit.
    Spanish: El tigre le estaba robando la yuca al conejo.
  2. Ele tan nda ele un regalo muy epesial.
    Ele
    he/she
    tan
    fut
    nda
    give
    ele
    him/her
    un
    a
    regalo
    gift
    muy
    very
    epesial.
    special
    He/she is going to give him/her a very special gift.
    Spanish: (Él/ella) le va a dar un regalo muy especial.
  3. Ma jende á baratá mujé kasa a jueds' e piedra.
    Ma
    pl
    jende
    people
    á
    pst
    baratá
    destroy
    mujé
    woman
    kasa
    house
    a
    with
    jueds'
    force
    e
    of
    piedra.
    rock
    People destroyed the house to/of the woman by throwing rocks at it.

    See de Friedemann and Patiño Rosselli 1983: 154