Datapoint Sranan/Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’

Apparently the indirect-object construction was possible with gi ‘give’ in earlier Sranan, though less common than the double-object construction (Bruyn et al. 1999: 344).

Values

Double-object construction

Example 2-143:
Mi gi a san disi wan nen.
Mi
1sg
gi
give
a
det
san
thing
disi
dem
wan
a
nen.
name
I gave this thing a name.

Source: Bruyn et al. 1999: 340

Example 2-144:
Granmama gi den pikin tori fa a ben de fosten.
Granmama
grandma
gi
give
den
the.pl
pikin
child
tori
story
fa
how
a
it
ben
pst
de
cop
fosten.
long.ago
Grandmother told the children stories about how it was in the old days.

Source: Wilner 1992: 29

Example 2-145:
Dus dan a mati o gi den suma fu en a tori.
Dus
thus
dan
then
a
the
mati
friend
o
fut
gi
give
den
the.pl
suma
people
fu
of
en
him
a
the
tori.
story
So then the friend will tell his relatives the story.
Confidence:
Very certain