Example 2-14

Mi e go na mi mama oso.
Mi
1sg
e
ipfv
go
go
na
loc
mi
1sg
mama
mother
oso.
house
I’m going to my mother’s house.
Comment:
As Nickel & Wilner (1984: 40) note, location phrases are formed with the locational preposition na, which may then be followed by another locational marker such as ondro ‘under’, ini ‘in’, tapu ‘top’, etc. The latter items can also be used independently of na. Na used by itself simply marks location or a goal.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Wilner 1992: 47