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Value At-rest marking is used to express motion-from
Language:
Fanakalo
Parameter:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’
Examples
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.
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.
Yena khona duze ga lo mgodi.
Yena
he
khona
cop
.
loc
duze
near
ga
of
lo
art
mgodi.
hole
He is near the hollow.
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