Ditransitive object alternation of IVs U

‘The old women showed me yam in Gilwi.’

‘She showed (it) to me. (Lit. 'She showed me').’

‘He (the child) threw it with his hand, the pencil.’

‘He (the white man) tied them like that to a tree (with rope).’

‘You cover the meat with paperbark.’

‘I put the things back in the box.’

‘The red cloth, they (the women) put it in a basket.’

‘We put the grass into the trailer.’

‘I will pour it (the tea) for you two, in the billycan.’

‘The child spilled the milk.’

‘I gave them the food, all of it.’

‘That other old man gave me food.’

‘Mother would take it (toy) off her, "give it to her!" and she would give it to her.’

‘The women used to fill the tin with water (lit. ...fill water into the tin).’

‘They used to load the long yam in there, they used to put it in the paperbark cooliman.’

‘Maybe grandfather is hungry.’

‘We dug (up water), and made a well.’

‘She brings it (long yam) back to/for the child.’

‘Yolngu (Aboriginal organisation) used to bring us big tents.’

‘The two were training/teaching their horse.’

‘You all teach me language. (Lit. 'you (PL) make me knowledgeable about language').’

‘The two hear the frogs, maybe talking.’

‘"Listen to the two!" he said to him.’

‘Nalyarri is cooking meat.’

‘The tea is boiling now.’

‘The child has already fallen on the ground.’

‘They also made axes out of the quartz.’

‘We all get money on a payday.’

‘I didn't want to sit around (i.e. stay).’

‘She blinked for the eye (i.e. to protect the eye).’

‘My grandson then went to the Cafe.’

‘The woman is singing.’

‘The saltwater crocodile pushed over one man looking around for eggs (...) it pushed him into the water.’

‘I feel sad.’

‘I too am worried for / sad about Nangari.’

‘The child runs to her, to the mother.’

‘The man is laughing.’

‘The flying fox eats flowers.’

‘(The mother) is holding the child in her arms.’

‘She hugged you, and you hugged her, too.’

‘A rock rat is now looking at this child.’

‘My dog, I don't know what it sees, maybe it sees a white man.’

‘The dog smells the meat.’

‘The dog smelled the two.’

‘(The Aboriginal) man feared the white man.’

‘The little Nangari was was frightened of you, wasn't she?’

‘The owl frightened him (...).’

‘Bathe her (the child), maybe she is hot. (child, in river).’

‘Who took this out / who tore this off?’

‘I lifted something heavy, and now I'm sore / in pain.’

‘I had sore legs from walking. / My legs were hurting from walking.’

‘Maybe they (fish) like frogs (as bait), maybe they will bite frogs.’

‘All right, I know you (now).’

‘I was thinking about you all.’

‘You two only think about alcohol.’

‘We searched for long yam.’

‘You don't wash clothes for me.’

‘I want to shave (my) beard. (Lit. 'I want to pluck myself with respect to the beard').’

‘Let's follow this man!’

‘Her husband followed her running. /Her husband ran after her.’

‘Maybe we two will meet you halfway.’

‘Me, I will be talking to her!’

‘Don't ask us two for food, you two!’

‘"You have disturbed a dangerous thing!" he said to him, to the dog.’

‘"You come here", the doctor said to her.’

‘I called her I. after my mother.’

‘It is raining now (lit. 'rain falls'), with lightning.’

‘She coughs.’

‘They shouted for them.’

‘Maybe the man is building this house.’

‘We used to erect small tents.’

‘They used to break its legs with a boomerang.’

‘But some people killed it for her, with a stick.’

‘The child killed the bird with a stone.’

‘(Many kites are circling there), maybe a kangaroo died.’

‘This child was playing.’

‘(The woman) stole that chicken, I don't know from where.’

‘They only sent us those big bags (of salt).’

‘Nangari sent my things for me, tapes and others, Nangari.’

‘We used to carry fish under our arms (i.e. in a cooliman / wooden carrying vessel) (back to the camp).’

‘That white man used to beat us (with a stick).’

‘I'm telling her the story.’

‘(...) Another one was killed by Aboriginal people. / Aboriginal people killed another one. (From an account of several deaths).’

‘Don't touch it, it is hot (lit. 'fire-having'), you might get burned!’

‘The child touched the car.’

‘Nawurla cut its neck.’

‘They cut it with a knife.’

‘The queen cut the dam, the ribbon.’

‘She took it right away from the water on the dry (land).’

‘The children take dogs for (hunting) goanna.’

‘Mother would take it (toy) off her, "give it to her!" and she would give it to her.’

‘Maybe someone will take her (your wife) away from you.’

‘She put it on top so the child would not get/take it.’

‘They (the women) used to peel bark off a tree.’

‘I will keep it (the food) hidden.’

‘They wound it (the rope) around the short stick.’

‘Maybe they robbed me. / Maybe someone robbed me.’

‘Don't touch it, it is hot (lit. 'fire-having'), you might get burned!’

‘It is burning brightly now (i.e. with a flame), the stick.’

‘That man is a kangaroo hunter. He goes kangaroo hunting, for kangaroo.’

‘We two, Namij (and me) call it (a plant) dardaga. We call the plant by its right name.’

‘L left the dog behind.’

‘I am/live here in Murranginy. I don't live in Bulla (any more), I left it.’

‘The ball is rolling.’

‘(The tea bag) got immersed / sank.’

‘Here (the country) is moist, but in Port Keats it is dry.’

‘That man is a kangaroo hunter. He goes kangaroo hunting, for kangaroo.’

‘We used to grind waterlily seed with a stone.’

‘I wiped the ground.’

‘It is making us deaf. (Lit. 'it is wiping us').’

‘Finally the children appeared on us with fish.’

‘A saltwater crocodile might appear on them (people in boats).’

‘Those children were crying for food (and) for their mother.’

‘My grandchild climbed/went up a tree.’

‘My mother is sitting here.’

‘He came, and sat down there (the galah).’

‘Let it cook for you on the coals, the food.’

‘The mother is afraid for that child, (afraid) of an accident.’

‘Pull my tooth out, I'm sore.’

‘That old man is sick. He got/fell very ill.’

‘What do we call this bird?’

‘I call that jarning.’

‘I am/live/stay here in my place.’

‘The black-headed python (is the one that) lives on the rocks.’

‘The fish lives in freshwater.’

‘The small child is eating boab nut.’

‘The frog now jumped away, the two will look in vain for him.’

‘I'm no good, the cold is affecting me.’

‘The women used to help them (the men).’

‘I am cooking food.’