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Example 1-209
Mi za ron go na fotte.
Mi
1sg
sa
fut
ron
run
go
go
na
loc
foto.
fort
I'll run to the Fort (i.e. Paramaribo).
Dutch:
Ik wil gaauw na het Fort loopen. [op.cit.]
Comment:
The verb 'go' indicates direction away from the deictic centre, here following the manner verb 'run'.
Type:
written
Source:
van Dyk ca. 1765
: 83
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go': ‘Come’ and ‘go’ directionals exist
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