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

Language:
Fanakalo
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’

Examples

  1. Yena shovile yena phakati ga lo fulen.
    Yena
    she
    shov-ile
    push-pst
    yena
    him
    phakati
    into
    ga
    poss
    lo
    def.art
    fulen.
    river
    She pushed him into the river.
  2. Yena khona phakati ga lo fulen.
    Yena
    he
    khona
    loc.cop
    phakati
    inside
    ga
    poss
    lo
    def.art
    fulen.
    river
    He is in the river.