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Example 74-98
mitlayt mákmak kápa latáb
mitlayt
sit
mákmak
food
kápa
prep
latáb
table
There is food on the table.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Chinuk Wawa
by
Anthony P. Grant
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject of existential verb: An expletive subject is not used
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’: At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
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