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Example 7-6
Mi ha a inglish tuhng ina fomi mout.
Mi
1sg
ha
have
a
indf
inglish
english
tuhng
tongue
in-a
in-
pcl
fo-mi
for-
1sg
mout.
mouth
I speak English (lit. I have an English tongue in my mouth.).
Comment:
As Example 190 shows,
ina
can also combine with a transitive motion verb.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Prescod 2004
: A17
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adposition and noun phrase: Prepositions
Position of indefinite article in the noun phrase: Indefinite article is preposed
Indefinite articles: Indefinite article distinct from numeral ‘one’
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’: At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
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