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Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’
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Serial verb construction plus preposition
Example 2-214:
Kofi
hari
a ston
puru
na
ini a olo.
Kofi
Kofi
hari
pull
a
det
ston
stone
puru
remove
na
loc
ini
in
a
det
olo.
hole
Kofi pulled the stone out of the hole.
Source:
Sebba 1987
: 123
Example 2-215:
Kofi
hari
a pikin
komoto
na
ini a olo.
Kofi
Kofi
hari
pull
a
det
pikin
child
komoto
come.out
na
loc
ini
in
a
det
olo.
hole
Kofi pulled the child out of the hole.
Source:
Winford 2008
: 33
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Language:
Sranan
Feature:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’
Source:
Sebba 1987
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