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

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

Examples

  1. Yena keep-ile lo gane duze ga lo godi.
    Yena
    he
    keep-ile
    pull-pst
    lo
    def.art
    gane
    child
    duze
    near
    ga
    of
    lo
    def.art
    godi.
    hole
    He pulled the child out of the hole. OR: He pulled the child from out of the hole.
  2. Yena khona phakati ga lo godi.
    Yena
    he
    khona
    cop.loc
    phakati
    inside
    ga
    of
    lo
    def.art
    godi.
    hole
    He is inside the hole. OR: He is in the hole.
  3. Yena khona duze ga lo mgodi.
    Yena
    he
    khona
    cop.loc
    duze
    near
    ga
    of
    lo
    art
    mgodi.
    hole
    He is near the hollow.