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Example 20-123
㕭仙地地(竹+厘)打臣哥買口素
You sendee three dozen go my houso.
You
2sg
sendee
send
three
three
dozen
dozen
go
go
my
1sg
.
poss
houso.
house
Send three dozens to my house.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Tong 1862
: VI.30
Language:
Chinese Pidgin English
by
Michelle Li
and
Stephen Matthews
cite
Datapoints:
Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go': ‘Come’ and ‘go’ directionals exist
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