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Example 46-156
Amó si Lea ya-rimpuhá kun Maríya na aguhéro.
Amó
foc
si
ag
Lea
Lea
ya-rimpuhá
prf
-push
kun
obj
Maríya
Mary
na
loc
aguhéro.
hole
It was Lea who pushed Mary into the hole.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Zamboanga Chabacano
by
Patrick O. Steinkrüger
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’: At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
Focusing of the noun phrase: Cleft with copula before focus
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