Datapoint Fanakalo/Transitive motion verbs: ‘pull’

The 'of' is the same in both sentences, but the sentence requires the adverbial phakati 'inside'. In other words there are no special 'motion from' or 'motion to' prepositions as such.

Values

At-rest marking is used to express motion-from

Example 61-89:
Yena keep-ile lo gane duze ga lo godi.
Yena
he
keep-ile
pull-pst
lo
def.art
gane
child
duze
near
ga
of
lo
def.art
godi.
hole
He pulled the child out of the hole. OR: He pulled the child from out of the hole.
Example 61-90:
Yena khona phakati ga lo godi.
Yena
he
khona
cop.loc
phakati
inside
ga
of
lo
def.art
godi.
hole
He is inside the hole. OR: He is in the hole.
Example 61-91:
Yena khona duze ga lo mgodi.
Yena
he
khona
cop.loc
duze
near
ga
of
lo
art
mgodi.
hole
He is near the hollow.
Confidence:
Certain