Datapoint Fanakalo/Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’

The uncertainty in my mind is that the genuine preposition lapha could apply to both usages, but is a rather general locative preposition. The more specific word phakati means 'inside', but since it is followed by a possessive ga, doesn't feel like a real preposition.

Values

At-rest marking is used to express motion-to

Example 61-87:
Yena shovile yena phakati ga lo fulen.
Yena
she
shov-ile
push-pst
yena
him
phakati
into
ga
poss
lo
def.art
fulen.
river
She pushed him into the river.
Example 61-88:
Yena khona phakati ga lo fulen.
Yena
he
khona
loc.cop
phakati
inside
ga
poss
lo
def.art
fulen.
river
He is in the river.
Confidence:
Intermediate