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Example 49-251
Yo pouse machin nan nan twou a.
Yo
3pl
pouse
push
machin
car
nan
def
nan
in
twou
hole
a.
def
They pushed the car into a hole.
French:
Ils/Elles ont poussé la voiture dans le trou.
Comment:
The first
nan
is the definite article, the second
nan
the local preposition.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’: At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
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