Value ‘Come’ and ‘go’ directionals exist

Language:
Early Sranan
Parameter:
Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go'
References
van den Berg 2007: 341-2

Examples

  1. Mi za ron go na fotte.
    Mi
    1sg
    sa
    fut
    ron
    run
    go
    go
    na
    loc
    foto.
    fort
    I'll run to the Fort (i.e. Paramaribo).
    Dutch: Ik wil gaauw na het Fort loopen. [op.cit.]

    See van Dyk ca. 1765: 83

  2. Gado ben sendi hem pikin komm na wi.
    Gado
    God
    ben
    pst
    seni
    send
    en
    3sg
    pikin
    child
    kon
    come
    na
    loc
    wi.
    1pl
    God sent his child to us.

    See Schumann 1783: 152

  3. Onoe sa moesoe goo foe kiesie dem, en tiarrie dem kom nà fotto.
    Unu
    2pl
    sa
    fut
    musu
    must
    go
    go
    fu
    for
    kisi
    catch
    den,
    3pl
    en
    and
    tyari
    bring
    den
    3pl
    kon
    come
    na
    loc
    foto.
    fort
    You should go capture them, and bring them to the Fort (i.e. Paramaribo).

    See SPT 1762: art.7

  4. A wakka go na Galileakondre, ma a no go na Nazareth.
    A
    3sg.sbj
    waka
    travel
    go
    go
    na
    loc
    Galileakondre,
    Galilee.country
    ma
    but
    a
    3sg.sbj
    no
    neg
    go
    go
    na
    loc
    Nazareth.
    Nazareth
    He travelled to Galilee, but he did not go to Nazareth.

    See Schumann 1781: 45

  5. Sarki swali somma; a hali somma go na inni watra.
    Sarki
    shark
    swari
    swallow
    soma;
    person
    a
    3sg.sbj
    hari
    pull
    soma
    person
    go
    go
    na
    loc
    ini
    in(side)
    watra.
    water
    (A) shark(s) swallow(s) people; it pulls people into the water.

    See Schumann 1783: 83