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

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

Examples

  1. 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
  2. kɔfi kɔmɔt/pul dɛ pikin frɔm/fɔr dɛ gɔta
    kɔfi
    Kofi
    kɔmɔt/pul
    come.out/pull
    dɛ
    art
    pikin
    child
    frɔm/fɔr
    from/for
    dɛ
    art
    gɔta
    gutter
    Kofi pulled the child out of the gutter.