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Value At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’
References
Hudson 1985
: 28
Examples
En dijan griba tu, wi bin wana jakim la wada.
En
and
dijan
prox
:
adj
griba
creeper
tu,
too
wi
1pl
bin
pst
wana
pot
jak-im
throw-
tr
la
loc
wada.
water
And this creeper (plant), we would have thrown it into the water (using it as fish poison).
Yu kan getim langa thet lili rut.
Yu
2sg
kan
can.
neg
get-im
get-
tr
langa
loc
thet
dem
lili
lily
rut.
root
You can't get [fish when fishing] amidst the lily roots.
Ai tjakam langa det sneik.
Ai
1sg
tjak-am
throw-
tr
langa
loc
det
dem
sneik.
snake
I throw it at the snake (a stone).
See
Hudson 1985
: 28
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