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Example 48-147
Malía a bae aí Malagana a bendé.
Malía
Maria
a
pst
bae
go
aí
there
Malagana
Malagana
a
to
bendé.
sell
Maria has gone to Malagana to sell (merchandise).
Comment:
Note that instead of
aí
Palenqueros also often use
a
(more Spanish-like) with place names. Thus:
Malía a bae a Malagana pa bendé.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Recorded by author
Language:
Palenquero
by
Armin Schwegler
cite
Datapoints:
Going to named places: Preposition
Motion-to and motion-from: Differentiation
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