Ditransitive verbs, represented by <i>give</i>, have two arguments in addition to the subject. A ‘yes’ value to this property indicates that the Goal argument in such a construction is treated like a direct object, whereas the Theme argument is treated like an oblique object. That is, while the Theme argument (the thing given) is treated like an oblique argument, the Goal argument (the entity something is given to) is treated like direct objects in monotransitive verbs. <br><br> For example, in Chamorro, the sentence ‘He gave the milk to the child’ involves an oblique case marker <i>ni</i> on <i>milk</i>, not <i>the child</i>: <i>Ha na’i i patgon <b>ni</b> leche</i> ‘he.ERG give ABS child <b>OBL</b> milk’ (Haspelmath 2008). 

<br><br><b>Note</b>: Languages like English have two options for double object constructions with <i>give</i>. In such cases, each relevant property will be valued ‘yes’. 
	
<br><br><b>Reference</b><br>Haspelmath, Martin. 2008. Ditransitive Construction: The Verb ‘Give’. In Haspelmath et al. (2008), chapter 105. Available online at <a href="http://wals.info/feature/105">http://wals.info/feature/105</a href>.
