Give
In ThSL, the syntactic
space of the verb [give] is always the direction of the movement from subject
to indirect object.
Both the subject and indirect object are
animate. The direction of the movement also takes into consideration the
sociolinguistic
factor of the relation between subject
and indirect object. The sign for “give” also includes the classifier of the
direct object.
For
example
“©Ñ¹ãËéà§Ô¹(á¡è)¤Ø³” (gloss: “i give money (to) you”) “I give you
money.”
“¤Ø³ãËéà§Ô¹(á¡è)©Ñ¹”
(gloss: “you give money (to) me”) “You give me
money.”
“à¢ÒãËéà§Ô¹(á¡è)©Ñ¹”
(gloss: “he/ she give money (to) me”) “He/ she
gives me money.”
“¤¹Ë¹Öè§ãËéà§Ô¹(á¡è)ÍÕ¡¤¹Ë¹Ö觔 (gloss:
“one give money (to) another one”) “One person
gives money to another. ”
“¾èÍãËéà§Ô¹(á¡è)à¢Ò” (gloss: “father give money (to) him/ her”) “Father
gives him/ her money.”
“¾èÍãËéà§Ô¹(á¡è)ÅÙ¡” (gloss: “father give money (to) son/ daughter”) “Father
gives money to son/ daughter.”
“©Ñ¹ÁͺµÐ¡ÃéÒà»ç¹¢Í§¢ÇÑãËé¤Ø³” (gloss: “i give basket as a gift to you”) “I give you
a basket as a gift.”
“©Ñ¹ÁͺµÐ¡ÃéÒà»ç¹¢Í§¢ÇÑãËé¤Ø³·Ñé§Êͧ¤¹” (gloss:
“I give two gift-basket to you (and) you) “I give
both of you gift-baskets.”
“¤Ø³Áͺ¡Åèͧà»ç¹¢Í§¢ÇÑãËé©Ñ¹” (gloss: “you give box as a gift to me”) “You give me a
gift.”