Features

Yellow: variational pattern attested
Blue: variational pattern non-attested

(2) Zuk Joni liburuak ekarri ditiozu

Generalized pattern. Basque arguments trigger number agreement. In transitive forms, plural objects are cross-referenced by the pluralizer -it. Ditransitive forms including a plural object are of the dizkiozu-type with -zki instead.

(1a)	Zuk	liburuak	ekarri	dituzu
	you.ERG	book.ABS	bring.PTCP	(3ABS).PL.have.2SG.ERG
	‘You have brought the books to Jon.’

(1b)	Zuk	Joni	liburuak	ekarri	dizkiozu
	you.ERG	Jon.DAT	book.ABS	give.PTCP	(3ABS).have.PL.APPL.3SG.DAT.2SG.ERG
	‘You have given Jon the books.’

Variational pattern. Some varieties favor -it (instead of -zki) in ditransitive constructions.

(2)	Zuk	Joni	liburuak	ekarri	ditiozu
	you.ERG	Jon.DAT	book.ABS	give.PTCP	(3ABS).PL.have.APPL.3SG.DAT.2SG.ERG
	‘You have given Jon the books.’

Reported in: «This innovation does not seem to be very old; it has spread throughout most of central and western Navarre. This excludes Burunda, Ergoiena, and Etxarri Aranatz, and is very weak in Baztan. On the other hand, it is present in Imotz, Basaburua, northern Basaburua Txikia, and eastern Larraun. It can also be hard in the northeastern Gipuzkoa, although it has recently started to disappear. I has best survived in Hondarribia (Gipuzkoa).» (Zuazo 2013: 73). See also, Zuazo (2004: 125, 130) for Hondarribia. 

Chapter: Case and Agreement

Keywords: ditransitive forms, number agreement, pluralizers