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Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’
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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
Language:
Louisiana Creole
by
Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh
and
Thomas A. Klingler
cite
Language:
Louisiana Creole
Feature:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’
Source:
Neumann 1985
: 309
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