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Example 25-302
Ai tjakam langa det sneik.
Ai
1sg
tjak-am
throw-
tr
langa
loc
det
dem
sneik.
snake
I throw it at the snake (a stone).
Comment:
Variety: Fitzroy Valley. This example illustrates a goal with the verb
tjakam
'throw'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Hudson 1985
: 28
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’: At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
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