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Example 33-156
N’ na bay fera.
N’
1sg
na
prog
bay
go
fera.
market
I’m going to the market.
Portuguese:
Estou a ir ao mercado.
Comment:
Bay
'go' requires no adposition before goal, but
bin
'come' requires the preposition
di
'from'.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Guinea-Bissau Kriyol
by
Incanha Intumbo
and
Liliana Inverno
and
John Holm
cite
Datapoints:
Motion-to and motion-from: Differentiation
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