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Value ‘Come’ and ‘go’ directionals exist
Language:
Cameroon Pidgin English
Parameter:
Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go'
References
Escure n.d.
Examples
Im kari naif go.
Im
3sg
kari
carry
naif
knife
go.
go
She/He took the knife away.
See
nd
Pikin dem di run kom hya.
Pikin
child
dem
pl
di
ipfv
run
run
kom
come
hya.
here
The children are running to this place.
See
nd
I bin tek di naif komot.
I
3sg
.
sbj
bin
pst
tek
take
di
def
.
art
naif
knife
komot.
come.out
He/She took the knife away.
See
nd
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