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Value Special motion-from adposition
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’
Examples
hi stɛ in hat waɾa naʊ
hi
3sg
stɛ
loc
in
in
hat
hot
waɾa
water
naʊ
now
He's in hot water now.
ma aŋko wɛn hɛmu da fiʃ
fɹɔm
da shak
ma
1sg
.
poss
aŋko
uncle
wɛn
pst
.
pfv
hɛmu
pull.out
da
art
fiʃ
fish
fɹɔm
from
da
art
shak
shark
My uncle pulled the fish out of the shark.
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