Datapoint Afrikaans/Marking of patient noun phrases

Definite and animate patient NPs are often marked by the preposition vir, which otherwise has spatial meaning (Example 108).

Values

Only definite and animate patient NPs are marked

Example 29-107:
Ons het nie vir Piet gesien nie.
Ons
1sg
het
pst
nie
neg
vir
for
Piet
Pete
ge-sien
ptcp-seen
nie.
neg
We didn't see Pete. / We hadn't seen Pete.
Example 29-108:
Ek het vir die kar petrol ingegooi.
Ek
1sg.nom
het
pst
vir
for
die
the
kar
car
petrol
petrol
in-ge-gooi.
in-ptcp-thrown
I put petrol into the car.
Confidence:
Very certain