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Value Subject – verb – recipient – theme
Language:
Ambon Malay
Parameter:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions
References
van Minde 1997
: 221
Examples
[...] 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
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