Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures Online
Home
Languages
Features
WALS–APiCS
Surveys
Examples
Sources
Authors
Datapoint
Guadeloupean Creole
/
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’
Values
Show/hide details
Double-object construction
Example 50-108:
An ba madanm-la liv-la.
An
1sg
ba
give
madanm-la
woman-
def
liv-la.
book-
def
I gave the woman the book.
Example 50-109:
An pran liv-la.
An
1sg
pran
take
liv-la.
book-
def
I took the book.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Guadeloupean Creole
by
Serge Colot
and
Ralph Ludwig
cite
Language:
Guadeloupean Creole
Feature:
Ditransitive constructions with ‘give’
Source:
Own knowledge
×