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Example 62-86
venegugúlúya héhospitari
vé-ne-gugulu-ya
2-
fut
-run-
appl
hé-hospitari
16-hospital
They'll run to the hospital.
Comment:
The locative complement has become object, introduced by applicative verbal derivation.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own field data 1993
Language:
Mixed Ma’a/Mbugu
by
Maarten Mous
cite
Datapoints:
Applicative constructions: Benefactive and other functions
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