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Example 27-105
Nu di fulək sini
fa
Meriki kā kō kōp di plek.
Nu
now
di
det
fulək
people
sini
3pl
fa
from
Meriki
America
kā
compl
kō
come
kōp
buy
di
det
plek.
place
Now the people from America have come and bought the place.
Comment:
This may not be a very good example sentence for the construction asked, but it is the best I could find with a named place.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 31
Language:
Negerhollands
by
Robbert van Sluijs
cite
Datapoints:
Coming from named places: Preposition
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