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Datapoint Belizean Creole/Motion-to and motion-from

Example 9-149:: Wi gu wey ina di buʃ pan len.
Wi
1pl
gu
go
wey
way
ina
to
di
the
buʃ
bush
pan
upon
len.
Lent
We go way to the bush around Lent.

Source: Escure 1983: 42
Example 9-150:: Wi kum fa mango krik.
Wi
1pl
kum
come
fa
from
mango
Mango
krik.
Creek
We came from Mango Creek.

Source: Escure 1983: 55
Example 9-151:: A unu me briɲ dat fa kras?
A
top
unu
2pl
me
ant
briɲ
bring
dat
that
fa
from
kras?
across
Is it you that brought it from the other side?

Source: Escure 1993: 240
Example 9-152:: Dey impaat krud ayl fa kras de.
Dey
they
impaat
import
krud
crude
ayl
oil
fa
from
kras
across
de.
there
They import crude oil from the other side over there.

Source: Escure 1993: 241
Example 9-153:: Wen wi kum fa mango krik wen wi kum a Mango Krik a siy da.
Wen
when
wi
1pl
kum
come
fa
from
mango
Mango
krik
Creek
wen
when
wi
1pl
kum
come
a
to
Mango
Mango
Krik
Creek
a
1sg
siy
see
da.
that
When we came from Mango Creek, when we were at Mango Creek I see that.

Source: Escure 1983: 55