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Example 32-136
Maria pintxá Dani
na
brok.
Maria
Maria
pintxá
push
Dani
Dani
na
in
brok.
hole
Maria pushed Dani into the hole.
Portuguese:
A Maria empurrou o Dani para dentro de um buraco.
Comment:
Here the at-rest preposition
na
is used to express motion-to.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’: At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
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