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Example 71-8
Aole dala ulaula
maloko ka hale
maluna kela papa
.
Aole
neg
dala
money
ulaula
gold
maloko
in
ka
det
hale
house
maluna
on
kela
det
papa.
table
There weren't any gold coins in the house on the table.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Own data 1892
Language:
Pidgin Hawaiian
by
Sarah J. Roberts
cite
Datapoints:
Order of adposition and noun phrase: Prepositions
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’: At-rest marking is used to express motion-from
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