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Value At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
Language:
Creolese
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’
Examples
Jaan push di gyal schreet insaid di hool
Jaan
John
push
push
di
def
.
art
gyal
girl
schreet
straight
insaid
inside
di
def
.
art
hool
hole
John pushed the girl straight into the hole.
Jaan de insaid di hool
Jaan
John
de
loc
.
cop
insaid
prep
di
def
.
art
hool
hole
John is inside the hole.
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