Example 19-139

À gò rɔn à kɛràn go à go hospital.
À
1sg.sbj
pot
rɔn
run
à
1sg.sbj
kɛr=àn
carry=3sg.obj
go
go
à
1sg.sbj
go
go
hospital.
hospital
I would run and take her and go to [the] hospital.
Comment:
Juxtaposition in chained clauses is one of the most common ways of expressing clausal coordination in tightly-knit narrative sequences. There is no pause between the adjoined clauses and non-initial clauses are characterized by reduced tense-aspect marking.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Yakpo 2009: 254