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Example 40-80
El pel mar loṭu.
El
3sg
pel
obj
.
3sg
mar
sea
loṭu.
push
S/he pushed him/her into the sea.
Comment:
The verb
loṭu
is a member of the 4th conjugation in Korlai. Verbs in this conjugation class are not overtly marked for PST. Thus, the base form of the verb can be used as an imperative form or a past form.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Korlai
by
J. Clancy Clements
cite
Datapoints:
Alignment of case marking of personal pronouns: Accusative alignment
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’: At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
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