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Value At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’
Examples
Maria pintxá Dani
na
brok.
Maria
Maria
pintxá
push
Dani
Dani
na
in
brok.
hole
Maria pushed Dani into the hole.
Portuguese:
A Maria empurrou o Dani para dentro de um buraco.
Dani ta
na
brok.
Dani
Dani
ta
cop
na
in
brok.
hole
Dani is in the hole.
Portuguese:
O Dani está dentro de um buraco.
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