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Example 26-98
hi stɛ in hat waɾa naʊ
hi
3sg
stɛ
loc
in
in
hat
hot
waɾa
water
naʊ
now
He's in hot water now.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
by
Viveka Velupillai
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’: Special motion-to preposition
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’: At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’: Special motion-from adposition
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