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Example 65-118
Голова его - там, а ноги - туда.
Galava iwo tam, a nogi tuda.
Galava
head
iwo
3sg
tam,
there.
loc
a
but
nogi
foot
tuda.
there.
dir
Its (the Earth's) head is there (to the North-Est), and its feet are there (to the South-West).
Comment:
This is a description of the mythological conception of the universe.
Type:
citation in fiction
Source:
Arsen’ev 1949
: 210
Language:
Chinese Pidgin Russian
by
Elena Perekhvalskaya
cite
Datapoints:
Predicative locative phrases: Variable copula
Predicative noun phrases and predicative locative phrases: Identity
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’: At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
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