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Example 16-109
ì no bì dat wuman we ì travɛl go ʤɛmani kam?
ì
3sg
no
neg
bì
cop
dat
dem
wuman
woman
we
comp
ì
3sg
travɛl
travel
go
go
ʤɛmani
Germany
kam?
come
Isn't it that woman who travelled to Germany and came back?
Comment:
This example shows serialized
go
expressing motion-to named place.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own fieldwork
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
Going to named places: Serial verb
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