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

Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’

Examples

  1. kɔfi puʃ dɛ pikin fɔ gɔta
    kɔfi
    Kofi
    puʃ
    push
    dɛ
    art
    pikin
    child
    fɔ
    for
    gɔta
    gutter
    Kofi pushed the child into the gutter.
  2. waia gɔs we ì de (fɔ) dɛ wɔta
    waia
    wire
    gɔs
    gaze
    we
    comp
    ì
    3sg
    de
    cop
    (fɔ)
    (for)
    dɛ
    art
    wɔta
    water
    a wire gaze that is in the water