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Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’
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Indirect-object construction
Example 22-13:
Em i givim tupla fedas i go
long
mama.
Em
3sg
i
pm
givim
give
tu-pla
two-
mod
fedas
feather
i
pm
go
go
long
prep
mama.
mother
He gave two feathers to his mother.
Source:
nd
Example 22-108:
Givim mani long papa bilong yu.
Givim
give
mani
money
long
prep
papa
father
bilong
poss
yu.
2sg
Give your father the money.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Language:
Tok Pisin
Feature:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’
Source:
Own knowledge
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