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Value At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
Language:
Diu Indo-Portuguese
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’
Examples
Tud atəra nə mar.
Tud
all
atər-a
throw-
inf
nə
loc
mar.
sea
Throw everything into the sea.
See
Cardoso 2004-2008
Nɔs tiŋ nada nə mar.
Nɔs
1pl
t-iŋ
ipfv
-
pst
nad-a
swim-
inf
nə
loc
mar.
sea
We were swimming in the sea.
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