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

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. hi stɛ in hat waɾa naʊ
    hi
    3sg
    stɛ
    loc
    in
    in
    hat
    hot
    waɾa
    water
    naʊ
    now
    He's in hot water now.