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

  1. 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

  2. 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