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Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’
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Serial verb construction plus preposition
Example 23-133:
olgeta oli pusum Vira i
go long
solwota
olgeta
3pl
oli
agr
pusum
push
Vira
Vira
i
agr
go
go
long
to
solwota
salt.water
They pushed Vira into the ocean.
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Language:
Bislama
Feature:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’
Source:
Meyerhoff 2001
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