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Example 33-163
Lea pintca Maria na kasa.
Lea
Lea
pintca
push
Maria
Maria
na
in
kasa.
house
Lea pushed Maria inside the house.
Portuguese:
Lea empurrou a Maria dentro da casa. OR: Lea empurrou a Maria em casa.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Guinea-Bissau Kriyol
by
Incanha Intumbo
and
Liliana Inverno
and
John Holm
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’: At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
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