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Value At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
Language:
Pichi
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’
Examples
Dì mòtó de
nà
garaje.
Dì
def
mòtó
car
de
cop
nà
loc
garaje.
garage
The car is in the garage.
Dɛ̀n
pus
dì mòtó
nà
garaje.
Dɛ̀n
3pl
pus
push
dì
def
mòtó
car
nà
loc
garaje.
garage
They pushed the car into the garage.
See
Yakpo 2009
: 446
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