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Example 59-245
ala pusu koli ni, ati na ya ti du ni
ala
3pl
pusu
push
koli
man
ni,
det
a-ti
pm
-fall
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’: Serial verb construction plus preposition
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