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Example 9-157
Di onli wey fu dem muv Haabat owta djeyl da fu me im do we i du.
Di
the
onli
only
wey
way
fu
for
dem
3pl
muv
move
Haabat
Herbert
owta
out.of
djeyl
jail
da
top
fu
for
me
ant
im
3sg
do
do
we
what
i
3sg
du.
do
The only way they could move Herbert out of prison was exactly what he did. OR: He did what was needed to get Herbert out of prison.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 1992
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’: Special motion-from adposition
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