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Mauritian Creole (Bhojpuri-influenced Mauritian Creole)
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Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’
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At-rest marking is used to express motion-from Frequency: 50.0%
Example 55-151:
Rafik ti tir Misel daṅ tru
Rafik
Rafick
ti
pst
tir
pull
Misel
Michel
daṅ
in
tru
hole
Rafick pulled Michel out of the hole.
Example 55-152:
Misel ti daṅ tru
Misel
Michel
ti
pst
daṅ
in
tru
hole
Michel was in a hole.
Confidence:
Intermediate
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Special motion-from adposition Frequency: 50.0%
Example 55-153:
mo'nn tir mo lakle depi dan mo sak
mo 'nn tir mo lakle depi dan mo sak
1sg
.
compl
take.out
poss
.
1sg
key
abl
loc
poss
.
1sg
bag
I took the key out of my bag.
Source:
Kriegel et al. 2008
Example 55-154:
li tir so linet depi daṅ so pos
li
3sg
tir
take.out
so
poss
linet
glasses
depi
abl
daṅ
loc
so
poss
pos
pocket
He took his glasses out of his pocket.
Source:
Virahsawmy nd
Confidence:
Intermediate
Language:
Mauritian Creole
by
Philip Baker
and
Sibylle Kriegel
cite
Language:
Mauritian Creole (Bhojpuri-influenced Mauritian Creole)
Feature:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’
Source:
Kriegel et al. 2008
: 182
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