Value At-rest marking is used to express motion-to

Language:
Sango
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’
References
Bouquiaux et al. 1978: 291

Examples

  1. 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

  2. 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.