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Example 58-20
Yandi pusa mono na kibaka.
Yandi
he
pusa-Ø
push-
narr
mono
me
na
conn
kibaka.
wall
He pushed me against the wall.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Kikongo-Kituba
by
Salikoko S. Mufwene
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adposition and noun phrase: Prepositions
Special dependent person forms for subject and object: No dependent person forms
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’: At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
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