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Value Double-object construction
Language:
Jamaican
Parameter:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’
Examples
Kien kil Iebl.
Kien
Cain
kil
kill
Iebl.
Abel
Cain killed Abel.
Di uman gi di bwai di fuud.
Di
det
uman
woman
gi
give
di
det
bwai
boy
di
det
fuud.
food.
The woman gave the boy the food.
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