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Example 1-205
Pulu hem na watra.
Puru
remove
en
3sg
na
loc
watra.
water
Pull him(/her/it) out of the water.
German:
Zieh ihn aus dem Wasser. [op.cit.]
Comment:
The verb
puru
'remove' expresses 'motion-from'; here the source is marked by the general preposition
na
which is neutral with regard to 'motion' vs. 'at-rest'.
Type:
written (dictionary)
Source:
Schumann 1783
: 142
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’: At-rest marking is used to express motion-from
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