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Example 30-182
Kántu mininu xinti algen, e bira ta mexe dentu sáku.
Kántu
when
mininu
child
xinti
notice
algen,
somebody
e=bira
3sg
=begin
ta=mexe
ipfv
=stir
dentu
within
sáku.
sack
When the child noticed somebody, it began to move within the sack.
German:
Wenn das Kind jemanden bemerkte, begann es sich im Sack zu bewegen.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
da Silva 1987
: 135
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’: Special motion-from adposition
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