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Value At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
Language:
Guadeloupean Creole
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’
Examples
I bouré Pòl adan tou-la.
I
3sg
bouré
push
Pòl
Paul
adan
in
tou-la.
hole-
def
He pushed Paul into the hole.
Pòl adan tou-la.
Pòl
Paul
adan
in
tou-la.
hole-
def
Paul is in the hole.
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