Datapoint Pidgin Hawaiian/Marking of patient noun phrases

The marking of patients with i is fairly rare in Pidgin Hawaiian, compared to the usual pattern without any marking. In the lexifier, patient marking is obligatory. There are no instances of i + akahi (indefinite) and the majority of instances of i co-occur with ke/ka (the retained definite article from the lexifier).

Values

Only definite patient NPs are marked

Example 71-96:
Pehea oe aihue i ka dala?
Pehea
why
oe
2sg
aihue
steal
i
obj
ka
def
dala?
dollar
Why did you steal the dollar?
Example 71-97:
Oe aihue kela hua wau, oe ule pilau!
Oe
2sg
aihue
steal
kela
det
hua
fruit
wau,
1sg.poss
oe
2sg
ule
penis
pilau!
filthy
You stole my fruit, you scumbag!
Example 71-98:
Akahi keiki pukiki lawe akahi dala ulaula.
Akahi
indf
keiki
child
pukiki
Portuguese
lawe
take
akahi
indf
dala
dollar
ulaula.
gold
A Portuguese kid took a gold dollar.
Confidence:
Very certain