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Value At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’
References
Velupillai 2003
: 48, 185
Examples
a ænt goin in a waɾa
a
1sg
ænt
be.
neg
go-in
go-
prog
in
in
a
art
waɾa
water
I'm not going in the water.
See
Velupillai 2003
: 165
hi pud dis gai in hat waɾa naʊ
hi
3sg
pud
put
dis
dem
gai
guy
in
in
hat
hot
waɾa
water
naʊ
now
He put this guy in hot water now.
See
Velupillai 2003
: 185
hi stɛ in hat waɾa naʊ
hi
3sg
stɛ
loc
in
in
hat
hot
waɾa
water
naʊ
now
He's in hot water now.
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