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Value Serial verb construction plus preposition
Language:
Nengee
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’
References
Goury and Migge 2003
: 127
Examples
Den bata de a ini a saka (ini).
Den
det
.
pl
bata
bottle
de
cop
a
loc
ini
in
a
det
saka
bag
(ini).
(in)
The bottles are in the bag.
See
Goury and Migge 2003
: 122
A hali den tiki komoto a ini en saka.
A
She
hali
pull
den
det
.
pl
tiki
stick
komoto
come.out
a
loc
ini
in
en
her
saka.
bag.
She pulled the sticks out of her bag.
Di a wasi en osu, a puu ala sani komoto na en.
Di
when
a
she
wasi
wash
en
her
osu,
house
a
she
puu
pull
ala
all
sani
thing
komoto
come.out
na
loc
en.
it
When she washed her house, she pulled everthing out of it.
See
Goury and Migge 2003
: 127
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