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Value At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
Language:
Ternate Chabacano
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’
Examples
Ya tulá yo kon Énʤo ayá na pósu.
Ya
pfv
tulá
push
yo
1sg
kon
obj
Énʤo
Enjo
ayá
there
na
loc
pósu.
hole
I pushed Enjo to the hole.
Talyá na iglésya tyang Lóling.
Talyá
be.there
na
loc
iglésya
church
tyang
aunt
Lóling.
Loling
Aunt Loling is in the church.
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