Datapoint Hawai‘i Creole/Order of recipient and theme in ditransitive constructions

Values

Subject – verb – theme – recipient Frequency: 50.0%

Example 26-75:
a wɛn giv bæk da glu tu ænti
a
1sg
wɛn
pst.pfv
giv
give
bæk
back
da
art
glu
glue
tu
to
ænti
auntie
I gave the glue back to Auntie.
Confidence:
Certain

Subject – verb – recipient – theme Frequency: 50.0%

Example 26-74:
a wɛn giv ænti da glu
a
1sg
wɛn
pst.pfv
giv
give
ænti
auntie
da
art
glu
glue
I gave Auntie the glue.
Confidence:
Certain