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Example 22-150
Ol dokta salim em i go bek.
Ol
pl
dokta
doctor
salim
send
em
3sg
i
pm
go
go
bek.
back
The doctors sent him back.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Datapoints:
Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go': ‘Come’ and ‘go’ directionals exist
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