Example 39-150

El foy pə Go.
El
3sg
foy
go.pst
pə
to
Go.
Goa
He went to Goa.
Comment:
The use of preposition pə 'to' in this sentence is an acrolectal trait, modelled on Portuguese. With locomotional verbs such as vay 'to go', destinations are usually expressed as a bare NP.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Cardoso 2004-2008