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Value Serial verb construction plus preposition
Language:
Tok Pisin
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’
References
Mihalic 1971
Examples
Em pulim dispela ol samting kam autsait.
Em
3sg
pulim
pull
dispela
this
ol
pl
samting
thing
kam
come
autsait.
outside
He pulled these things out.
See
nd
: WSP F17
Em pulim brata bilong em kam antap.
Em
3sg
pulim
pull
brata
brother
bilong
poss
em
3sg
kam
come
antap.
above
He pulled his brother out (of the hole).
See
nd
: WSP F17
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