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Example 5-138
Jaan push di gyal schreet insaid di hool
Jaan
John
push
push
di
def
.
art
gyal
girl
schreet
straight
insaid
inside
di
def
.
art
hool
hole
John pushed the girl straight into the hole.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’: At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
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