Datapoint San Andres Creole English/Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’

Indirect-object constructions are not part of the San Andres system but occasionally occur in English-influenced speech.

Values

Double-object construction

Example 10-138:
Beda Taiga tek aal di big fish an gi Beda Naansi aal di likl wan dem.
Beda
Brother
Taiga
Tiger
tek
take
aal
all
di
art.def
big
big
fish
fish
an
and
gi
give
Beda
Brother
Naansi
Anansi
aal
all
di
art.def
likl
little
wan
one
dem.
pl
Brother Tiger took all the big fish and gave Brother Anansi all the little ones.
Example 10-139:
Di uman gi di bwai ihn fuud.
Di
art.def
uman
woman
gi
give
di
art.def
bwai
boy
ihn
3sg.poss
fuud.
food
The woman gave the boy his food (=gave the food to the boy).
Example 10-140:
Di uman gi im ihn fuud.
Di
art.def
uman
woman
gi
give
im
3sg
ihn
3sg.poss
fuud.
food
The woman gave him his food.
Confidence:
Very certain