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Example 59-244
ala pusu koli ni na ya ti du ni
ala
3pl
pusu
push
koli
man
ni
det
na
prep
ya
inside
ti
of
du
hole
ni
det
They pushed the man into the hole.
Comment:
Pusu
is borrowed from French
pousse
.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’: At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
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