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di in this sentence can easily be replaced by
preposition keu 'for,' which is the only preposition used
for datives, as in (257).
257. Ka-bri keu kee duwa boh.
2y-give for I two CL
'Give me two.'
There is no question that the NP following keu in (257)
is the dative, but as to the status of the NP following di
in (256), there is a need for further discussion. In
sentences involving more than one NP omitted, as in (256),
di is very similar to keu. but in sentences like the
following, we can see that they are different.
258. Ka-bri keu lon boh mamplam nyan.
2y-give for I fruit mango that
'Give me that mango..'
259. Ka-bri di lon boh mamplam nyan.
2y-give SFC I fruit mango that
' (As for me), give me that mango.'
The two sentences look similar in form, and identical
in translation. But these two sentences are very different
in intonation. In (258), the verb and the dative is
pronounced as a single phonological unit with the stress on
the dative. In (258), the verb and the di phrase are
pronounced separately. The voiced is raised a little on the
verb, and the rest of the sentence receives low level