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''What healer does not abide among the sick?'' | ''What healer does not abide among the sick?'' | ||
= Indirect Objects = | == Indirect Objects == | ||
Words like ''give'' and ''show'' take an indirect object denoting to whom something is being given or shown. In Commonthroat, the preposition <code>rl</code> /chuff, short low weak growl/ indicates an indirect object. In glosses, this is abbreviated DAT for dative, reflecting a similar construction in Latin and Greek. | Words like ''give'' and ''show'' take an indirect object denoting to whom something is being given or shown. In Commonthroat, the preposition <code>rl</code> /chuff, short low weak growl/ indicates an indirect object. In glosses, this is abbreviated DAT for dative, reflecting a similar construction in Latin and Greek. | ||