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Example 32-138
Maria pxá se fidj
pa
fora
d'un brok.
Maria
Maria
pxá
pulled.out
se
1sg
.
poss
fidj
child
pa
to
fora
out
de
of
un
det
brok.
hole
Maria pulled her son out of the hole.
Portuguese:
Maria puxou o seu filho para fora dum buraco.
Comment:
The preposition
pa
('to') is both motion-to and motion-from; it cannot be used in at-rest situations.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’: Special motion-from adposition
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