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Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’
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Serial verb construction plus preposition
Example 23-134:
ol pikinini oli pulum rop i kamaot long stamba
ol
pl
pikinini
child
oli
agr
pulum
pull
rop
vine
i
agr
kamaot
come.out
long
from
stamba
trunk
The chidren pulled a vine out of the tree trunk.
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Bislama
by
Miriam Meyerhoff
cite
Language:
Bislama
Feature:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’
Source:
Meyerhoff 2001
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