Re: Ditransitivity

Staving Estel Telcontar:
>For my all-verb language, I'm trying to figure out what to do with
>ditransitives like "give".  Basically, I see two options: either do
>away with ditransitives, or add verbal indirect-object marking and a
>dative case.
>
>Does anyone know if there is a way to get rid of ditransitives?  Id you
>don't want to have indirect objects, how can you deal with concepts
>like "give"?
For an Yagh Tjalpy Tubvul, an isolating descendent of Khangaþyagon, i have
the construction, "I give a book, you receive."

Pete