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Example 1-211
Onoe sa moesoe goo foe kiesie dem, en tiarrie dem kom nà fotto.
Unu
2pl
sa
fut
musu
must
go
go
fu
for
kisi
catch
den,
3pl
en
and
tyari
bring
den
3pl
kon
come
na
loc
foto.
fort
You should go capture them, and bring them to the Fort (i.e. Paramaribo).
Comment:
The verb
kon
'come' indicates direction toward the deictic centre, here following the transitive verb
tyari
bring'.
Type:
written
Source:
SPT 1762
: art.7
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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