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Example 15-110
dɛn puʃ di pikin go na grɔn
dɛn
3pl
puʃ
push
di
art
pikin
child
go
go
na
loc
grɔn
ground
They pushed the child onto the ground/floor.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Krio
by
Malcolm Awadajin Finney
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’: Serial verb construction plus preposition
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