Datapoint Sranan/Going to named places

Value 6 is not marginal. Once you have an serial verb construction with a motion verb as verb 1, it must be followed by ‘go, come’ etc. As verb 2, and you must use the preposition too. Value 2 is pervasive when the only motion verb is ‘go/come’ etc, value 6 is pervasive when you have both a verb of motion and ‘go/come’ etc.

Values

Serial verb plus preposition Frequency: 50.0%

Example 2-209:
Dan mi post dri go na Holland.
Dan
then
mi
I
post
mail
dri
three
go
go
na
to
Holland.
Holland
Then I mailed three to Holland.
Confidence:
Very certain

Preposition Frequency: 50.0%

Example 2-206:
Yu ben go nanga trein na Republiek.
Yu
2sg
ben
pst
go
go
nanga
with
trein
train
na
loc
Republiek.
Republiek
You went by train to Republiek.
Example 2-207:
A blaka man kari a ingi taki kon unu go na Kwatta pasi.
A
det
blaka
black
man
man
kari
call
a
det
ingi
Indian
taki
say
kon
come
unu
1pl
go
go
na
loc
Kwatta
Kwatta
pasi.
street
The black guy called the Indian saying let’s go to Kwatta street.

Source: Winford 2000: 112

Example 2-208:
En a man taki te a man go a Holland dan a man o seni wan sani gi mi.
En
and
a
det
man
man
taki
say
te
when
a
det
man
man
go
go
a
loc
Holland
Holland
dan
then
a
det
man
man
o
fut
seni
send
wan
art
sani
thing
gi
give
mi.
me
And the man said that when he went to Holland he would send something for me.

Source: Winford 2002: 408

Confidence:
Very certain