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Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’
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Serial verb construction plus preposition
Example 18-124:
Lea pul Maria komot fo di hol.
Lea
Lea
pul
pull
Maria
Maria
komot
come.out
fo
for
di
def
.
art
hol.
hole
Lea pulled Maria out of the hole.
Source:
nd
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Cameroon Pidgin English
by
Anne Schröder
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Language:
Cameroon Pidgin English
Feature:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’
Source:
Escure n.d.
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