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Example 59-248
ala gboto lo na ya ti du ni
ala
3pl
gboto
pull
lo
3sg
na
prep
ya
inside
ti
of
du
hole
ni
det
They pulled him/her from the hole.
Comment:
'From' is implied in the combination of 'pull' and 'inside the hole'. I do not think that a similar construction would be used for 'They pulled him/her from the fire.'
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’: At-rest marking is used to express motion-from
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