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Example 71-145
Akahi kepani kulai ia‘u
hina malalo o
ka lepo.
Akahi
indf
kepani
Japanese
kulai
shove
ia‘u
obj
.
1sg
hina
fall
malalo
down
o
poss
ka
def
lepo.
ground
A Japanese pushed me down into the ground.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Own data 1896
Language:
Pidgin Hawaiian
by
Sarah J. Roberts
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’: Serial verb construction plus preposition
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