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Example 28-137
alma kɛnɛ ʃimatɛ fan danga mutɛ oflar
alma
all
kɛnɛ
person
ʃima-tɛ
move-
pfv
fan
from
danga
there
mu-tɛ
go-
pfv
oflaru
everywhere
Everybody moved away from there to all sorts of places.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Kouwenberg 1994
: 412
Language:
Berbice Dutch
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go': ‘Come’ and ‘go’ directionals exist
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