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Example 9-156
I daʃ an rayt ina tayga mawt.
I
3sg
daʃ
dash
an
it
rayt
right
ina
into
tayga
tiger
mawt.
mouth
He threw it right into Tiger's mouth.
Comment:
Dash
is an example of transitive motion.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 2004
: CD
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’: At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
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