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Example 52-91
manman ka voyé timoun alé lékol
manman
mother
ka
prog
voyé
send
timoun
child
alé
go
lékol
school
Mom is sending her child to school.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Own fieldwork 1995 & 2009
Language:
Guyanais
by
Stefan Pfänder
cite
Datapoints:
Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go': ‘Come’ and ‘go’ directionals exist
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