Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online
Home
Languages
Features
WALS–APiCS
Surveys
Examples
Sources
Authors
Value Indirect-object construction
Language:
Fanakalo
Parameter:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’
References
Opperman 1967
Examples
Mina nikile lo sinkwa duze ga lo tombazan.
Mina
I
nik-ile
give-
pst
lo
def
.
art
sinkwa
bread
duze
near
ga
poss
lo
def
.
art
tombazan.
girl
I gave the bread to the girl. OR: I gave the bread via the girl.
×