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Value At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
Language:
Sango
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’
References
Bouquiaux et al. 1978
: 291
Examples
lo oko la ake lango na ya ti da
lo
3sg
oko
one
laa
foc
a-yeke
pm
-
cop
lango
sleep
na
prep
ya
belly
ti
of
da
house
She alone slept habitually in the house.
See
Samarin 2001
ala pusu koli ni na ya ti du ni
ala
3pl
pusu
push
koli
man
ni
det
na
prep
ya
inside
ti
of
du
hole
ni
det
They pushed the man into the hole.
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