Value At-rest marking is used to express motion-to

Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’

Examples

  1. Shub it iin yor shuuz!
    Shub
    shove
    it
    3sg.n
    iin
    in
    yor
    2sg.poss
    shuuz!
    shoe
    Shove it into your shoes!

    See nd

  2. Yu luk wan papaya trii an push it iin di papaya trii ruut.
    Yu
    2sg
    luk
    look
    wan
    art.indf
    papaya
    papaya
    trii
    tree
    an
    and
    push
    push
    it
    3sg.n
    iin
    in
    di
    art.def
    papaya
    papaya
    trii
    tree
    ruut.
    root
    Find a papaya tree and push it into the papaya tree’s root.

    See nd

  3. Somting mek a muuvment de iin di waata.
    Som-ting
    some-thing
    mek
    make
    a
    art.indf
    muuvment
    movement
    de
    dem.loc
    iin
    in
    di
    art.def
    waata.
    water
    Something [just] made a movement in the water over there.

    See nd

  4. Lea shub Maria iin di huol.
    Lea
    Lea
    shub
    shove
    Maria
    Maria
    iin
    in
    di
    art.def
    huol.
    hole
    Lea pushed Maria into the hole.
  5. Deh neva yuustu hav haijaka iin di toun.
    Deh
    3pl
    neva
    neg.pst
    yuustu
    hab.pst
    hav
    have
    haijaka
    hijacker
    iin
    in
    di
    art.def
    toun.
    town
    They did not have any hijackers in this town.

    See nd