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Value Serial verb construction plus preposition
Language:
Tok Pisin
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’
Examples
Em pusim han i go insait long bilum.
Em
3sg
pusim
push
han
hand
i
pm
go
go
insait
inside
long
prep
bilum.
string.bag
She pushed her hand into the bilum.
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nd
Ol mas pusim em kam klostu long paia.
Ol
3pl
mas
must
pusim
push
em
3sg
kam
come
klostu
close
long
prep
paia.
fire
They had to push him close to the fire.
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nd
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