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Example 49-253
Li nan ravin nan.
Li
3sg
nan
in
ravin
gully
nan.
def
He/She is in the gully.
French:
Il/Elle est dans la ravine.
Comment:
The first
nan
refers to the preposition 'in', the second
nan
is the definite article.
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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