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Value At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
Language:
Haitian Creole
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’
Examples
Yo pouse machin nan nan twou a.
Yo
3pl
pouse
push
machin
car
nan
def
nan
in
twou
hole
a.
def
They pushed the car into a hole.
French:
Ils/Elles ont poussé la voiture dans le trou.
Li nan ravin nan.
Li
3sg
nan
in
ravin
gully
nan.
def
He/She is in the gully.
French:
Il/Elle est dans la ravine.
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