Datapoint Louisiana Creole/Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’

Values

At-rest marking is used to express motion-from

Example 53-276:
Li vini rive e mo te stil dan klo.
Li
3sg
vini
come
rive
arrive
e
and
mo
1sg
te
pst
stil
still
dan
in
klo.
field
He arrived and I was still in the field.

Source: Neumann 1985: 366

Example 53-316:
Se te hale le jerm dan le klu.
Se
dem
te
pst
hale
pull
le
art.def.pl
jerm
germ
dan
in
le
art.def.pl
klu.
boil
That pulled the germs out of the boils.

Source: Neumann 1985: 309

Example 53-317:
La to plarin-ye pare pou et wete ondan to chodyer.
La
then
to
2sg.poss
plarin-ye
praline-pl
pare
ready
pou
for
et
cop
wete
take.out
ondan
in
to
2sg.poss
chodyer.
pot
Then your pralines are ready to be taken out of the pot.

Source: Neumann 1985: 309

Confidence:
Certain