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Example 33-164
Lea pintca Maria i pul dentru di kasa.
Lea
Lea
pintca
push.
pst
Maria
Maria
i
3sg
pu-l
put-
obj
.
3sg
dentru
inside
di
of
kasa.
house
Lea pushed Maria and put her in the house.
Portuguese:
Lea empurrou a Maria e pô-la dentro de 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’: Special motion-to preposition
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