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Value Special motion-from adposition
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’
References
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. tra
Examples
El tra un rolu di kórda
di
si muxila, [...].
El=tra
3sg
=pull
un=rolu
a=roll
di=kórda
of=rope
di=si=muxila,
of=
3sg
.
poss
=backpack
[...].
[...]
He took a roll of rope out of his backpack, [...].
See
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. tra
Kántu mininu xinti algen, e bira ta mexe dentu sáku.
Kántu
when
mininu
child
xinti
notice
algen,
somebody
e=bira
3sg
=begin
ta=mexe
ipfv
=stir
dentu
within
sáku.
sack
When the child noticed somebody, it began to move within the sack.
German:
Wenn das Kind jemanden bemerkte, begann es sich im Sack zu bewegen.
See
da Silva 1987
: 135
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