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Example 1-194
Mi de go na plantasi.
Mi
1sg
de
asp
go
go
na
loc
pranasi.
plantation
I'm going to the plantation.
German:
Ich gehe nach der Plantage. [op.cit.]
Comment:
'Motion-to' is expressed by the verb
go
'go'; the general preposition
na
does not add to semantics.
Type:
written (dictionary)
Source:
Schumann 1783
: 119
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Motion-to and motion-from: Identity
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