Datapoint Mauritian Creole/Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’

Values

At-rest marking is used to express motion-from Frequency: 87.5%

Example 55-151:
Rafik ti tir Misel daṅ tru
Rafik
Rafick
ti
pst
tir
pull
Misel
Michel
daṅ
in
tru
hole
Rafick pulled Michel out of the hole.
Example 55-152:
Misel ti daṅ tru
Misel
Michel
ti
pst
daṅ
in
tru
hole
Michel was in a hole.
Confidence:
Very certain

Special motion-from adposition Frequency: 12.5%

Example 55-153:
mo'nn tir mo lakle depi dan mo sak
mo 'nn tir mo lakle depi dan mo sak
1sg.compl take.out poss.1sg key abl loc poss.1sg bag
I took the key out of my bag.

Source: Kriegel et al. 2008

Confidence:
Very certain