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Value At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
Language:
Berbice Dutch
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’
References
Kouwenberg 1994
: 203-227
Examples
o kutɛ di feʃ an goi di feʃi kujara ben
o
3sg
ku-tɛ
catch-
pfv
di
the
feʃi
fish
an
and
gui
throw
di
the
feʃi
fish
kujara
canoe
ben
inside
He caught the fish and threw (it) in(to) his canoe.
See
Kouwenberg 1994
: 213
ɛkɛ wa stupa so, krɛkɛ ben, ofru hildapo
ɛkɛ
1sg
wa
pst
stupu-a
stop-
ipfv
so,
so
krɛkɛ
creek
ben,
inside
ofru
over
hilda-apu
Hilda-
pl
I was living over there, in the creek, on the other side of Hilda and her family.
See
Kouwenberg 1994
: 239
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