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Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’
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Special motion-from adposition
Example 11-260:
Ah gwain pul yu out di huol.
Ah
1sg
gwain
fut
pul
pull
yu
2sg
out
out
di
art
.
def
huol.
hole
I’m going to pull you out of the hole.
Example 11-261:
Yu nuo, iin di kuos di langwij dem wat dem manij muor iz Spanish and Inglish.
Yu
2sg
nuo,
know
iin
in
di
art
.
def
kuos
coast
di
art
.
def
langwij
language
dem
pl
wat
rel
dem
3pl
manij
manage
muor
more
iz
cop
.
prs
Spanish
Spanish
and
and
Inglish.
English
You know, [here] on the Coast the languages that the people are most competent in are Spanish and English.
Source:
nd
Example 11-262:
Lea haal Maria auta di huol.
Lea
Lea
haal
haul
Maria
Maria
auta
out.of
di
art
.
def
huol.
hole
Lea pulled Maria out of the hole.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
Feature:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’
Source:
Own knowledge
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