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Example 1-197
Mekie wie go na Combee.
Meki
make
wi
1pl
go
go
na
loc
Kombe.
Kombe
Let us go to Kombe.
Dutch:
Gaan wy naar Combé. [op.cit.]
Comment:
'Motion-to' expressed by the verb
go
'go'; the general preposition
na
does not add to the semantics.
Type:
written
Source:
Weygandt 1798
: 97
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Going to named places: Preposition
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