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Value ‘Come’ and ‘go’ directionals exist
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
Parameter:
Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go'
References
Holm 1978
: 226-227
Examples
So shi hori gaan an get di oubia wuman meek di “help mi”.
So
so
shi
3sg
.
f
hori
hurry
gaan
go.
pst
an
and
get
get
di
art
.
def
oubia
obeah
wuman
woman
meek
make
di
art
.
def
“help
help
mi”.
1sg
So she hurried to the obeah woman and got her to make the “help mi”.
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