Value Indirect-object construction

Language:
Sango
Parameter:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’
References
Samarin 1967: 179

Examples

  1. tongana lo mu samba na ala, ala ken'
    tongana
    when
    lo
    3sg
    mu
    give
    samba
    beer
    na
    prep
    ala,
    2sg.def
    ala
    2sg.def
    ken'
    refuse
    Should he offer you beer, refuse it.
  2. lo mu na ala samba titn ala nyon', ala ken'
    lo
    3sg
    mu
    give
    na
    prep
    ala
    2sg.def
    samba
    so
    ti.tene
    that
    ala
    2sg.def
    nyon',
    drink
    ala
    2sg.def
    ken'
    refuse
    (She said), "Should he offer you beer to drink, refuse it."
  3. lo mu samba, lo mu na lo, lo ken'
    lo
    3sg
    mu
    take
    samba,
    beer
    lo
    3sg
    mu
    give
    na
    prep
    lo,
    3sg
    lo
    3sg
    ken'
    refuse
    He offered her beer, but she refused.
  4. mu zembe ka, ga na ni na mbi, mbi doroko na nyama ni
    mu
    seize
    zembe
    knife
    ka,
    there
    ga
    come
    na
    prep
    ni
    det
    na
    prep
    mbi,
    1sg
    mbi
    1sg
    doroko
    butcher
    na
    prep
    nyama
    animal
    ni
    det
    Bring me the knife over there for me to butcher the animal with it.