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Example 32-134
Maria pintxá Djon
pa
dent
d'un brok.
Maria
Maria
pintxa
push
Djon
Djon
pa
for
dent
in
de
of
un
det
brok.
hole
Maria pushed Djon into the hole.
Portuguese:
A Maria empurrou o João para dentro de um buraco.
Comment:
Here, a special motion-to preposition
pa
is used.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’: Special motion-to preposition
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