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Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’
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Double-object construction
Example 30-130:
Mudjer da mininu kumida.
Mudjer
woman
da
give
mininu
child
kumida.
food
The woman gave the child (the) food.
Source:
Lang et al. 2012
Example 30-131:
N da mininu un libru.
N=da
1sg
=give
mininu
child
un=libru.
art
.
indf
=book
I gave the child a book.
Source:
Baptista 2002
: 141
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
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Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
Feature:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’
Source:
Baptista 2002
: 140/141
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