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Example 61-88
Yena khona phakati ga lo fulen.
Yena
he
khona
loc
.
cop
phakati
inside
ga
poss
lo
def
.
art
fulen.
river
He is in the river.
Comment:
The nuance is: 'inside the river'.
Phakati
has to be followed by
ga
, a kind of possessive.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Field notes Mesthrie
Language:
Fanakalo
by
Rajend Mesthrie
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’: At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
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