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Example 49-257
Li voye bòn nan ale.
Li
3sg
voye
send
bòn
maid
nan
def
ale.
go
He/She dismissed the maid.
French:
Il/Elle a congédié la bonne.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Valdman et al. (eds.) 2007
: 753
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Datapoints:
Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go': ‘Come’ and ‘go’ directionals exist
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