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Example 33-5
Djon sta na jardin.
Djon
John
sta
cop
na
prep
jardin.
garden
John is in the garden.
Portuguese:
O João está no jardim.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Guinea-Bissau Kriyol
by
Incanha Intumbo
and
Liliana Inverno
and
John Holm
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adposition and noun phrase: Prepositions
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’: At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
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