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Value At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
Language:
Negerhollands
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’
References
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 18, 21
Examples
Dzhanwus a bli bini di gat.
Dzhanwus
Dzhanwus
a
pst
bli
stay
bini
inside
di
det
gat.
hole
Dzhanwus stayed inside the hole.
See
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 18
Ham a pus di klēn hon bini shi sak.
Ham
3sg
a
pst
pus
push
di
det
klēn
small
hon
dog
bini
inside
shi
3sg
.
poss
sak.
pocket
He pushed the small dog inside his pocket.
See
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 21
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