Value Subject – verb – recipient – theme

Language:
Seychelles Creole
Parameter:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions
References
Adone 2004; Bollée 1977: 62ff.; Corne 1977: 67ff.; Michaelis and Haspelmath 2003; Michaelis 2008

Examples

  1. Mon 'n donn Marcel en mang.
    Mon
    1sg
    'n
    prf
    donn
    give
    Marcel
    Marcel
    en
    a
    mang.
    mango
    I gave Marcel a mango.

    See Michaelis and Haspelmath 2003