Value Subject – verb – recipient – theme

Language:
Ambon Malay
Parameter:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions
References
van Minde 1997: 221

Examples

  1. [...] la de kasi beta sa-bua lei.
    [...]
    [...]
    la
    then
    de
    3sg
    kasi
    give
    beta
    1sg
    sa-bua
    one-clf
    lei.
    also
    [...] and then she gave me one as well.

    See van Minde 1997: 221