Example 19-113

È go nà makit o.
È
3sg.sbj
go
go
loc
makit
market
o.
sent.pcl
She has gone / went to the market.
Comment:
1) Like all 'at rest' prepositions and locative nouns in Pichi, the general locative preposition /na/ does not contribute any motion-related meaning to the spatial relation. Instead, it specifies the part of the ground where the figure is located. 2) Motion-to and motion-from are often part of the meaning of the motion verb. For example, it is highly unlikely that the sentence above gets interpreted as 'She left the market'.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Field data