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Example 61-91
Yena khona duze ga lo mgodi.
Yena
he
khona
cop
.
loc
duze
near
ga
of
lo
art
mgodi.
hole
He is near the hollow.
Comment:
The
ga
is hard to gloss. It can be instrumental (as in the Zulu original) or possessive. It isn't exactly either of these here, but close enough to possessive.
Type:
unknown
Language:
Fanakalo
by
Rajend Mesthrie
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’: At-rest marking is used to express motion-from
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