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Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions
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Subject – verb – recipient – theme
Example 2-146:
A trawan gi a boi, gi a tra boi feifi, a vijfhonderd.
A
the
trawan
other
gi
give
a
the
boi,
boy
gi
give
a
the
tra
other
boi
boy
feifi,
five
a
the
vijfhonderd.
five_hundred
The other one gave the boy, gave the boy five, the five hundred.
Example 2-147:
Unu no kan gi den man a disi.
Unu
2pl
no
no
kan
can
gi
give
den
the.
pl
man
man
a
det
disi.
dem
You can’t give them these.
Example 2-148:
Dus den musu gi mi furu watra fu mi dringi.
Dus
thus
den
they
musu
should
gi
give
mi
1sg
furu
much
watra
water
fu
for
mi
1sg
dringi.
drink
So they need to give me a lot of water to drink.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Language:
Sranan
Feature:
Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions
Source:
Own knowledge
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