From Contribution: Ditransitive constructions
Language: Halkomelem
[V-APPL-TR-r/p-(a) R ʔə T] –The verb contains the applicative (recipient applicative) marker. The primary object R is unmarked (like P and A), while T is introduced by the oblique preposition ʔə. R (like P) is indexed by object agreement suffixes. T is unmarked, the same holds for A except for 3rd person As, which are indexed by the ergative suffix.
Sources: Gerdts 1982; Gerdts 2010
Examples
| (45) |
swíwʔləs kwθə ni ʔám-əs-t-əs ʔə kwθə púkw swíwʔləs boy kwθə DET ni AUX ʔám-əs-t-əs give-APPL-TR-3SG.SBJ ʔə OBL kwθə DET púkw book It’s a boy that he gave the book to. See Gerdts 1982: 96 (ex.25) |
| (103) |
níɬ kwθə púkw ni s-ʔám-əs-t-s kwθə swíwʔləs níɬ 3.EMPH kwθə DET púkw book ni AUX s-ʔám-əs-t-s NMLZ-give-ADV.A-TR-3.POSS kwθə DET swíwʔləs boy It’s a book that he gave the boy. See Gerdts 1982: 103 (ex.56) |
| (632) |
ʔi ʔámʔ-əs-t-əm tθə John ʔə-λ’ Mary ʔə kwθə šckí.ks ʔi AUX ʔámʔ-əs-t-əm give-ADV.A-TR-INTR tθə DET John John ʔə-λ’ OBL-DET Mary Mary ʔə OBL kwθə DET šckí.ks vanilla_extract John is being given vanilla extract by Mary. See Gerdts 1982: 233 (ex.101) |
| (717) |
wét k’wə ni q’wə̀l-əɬc-t-ə́xw ʔə kwθə səplíl wét who k’wə DET ni AUX q’wə̀l-əɬc-t-ə́xw bake-ADV.B-TR-2SG.SBJ ʔə OBL kwθə DET səplíl bread Who did you bake the bread for? See Gerdts 1982: 96 (ex.28) |
| (773) |
*ni cən ʔám-əs-θət *ni AUX cən 1.SBJ ʔám-əs-θət give-ADV.A-self I gave it to myself. See Gerdts 1982: 113 (ex.85) |
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