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Value ‘Come’ and ‘go’ directionals exist
Language:
Berbice Dutch
Parameter:
Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go'
References
Kouwenberg 1994
: 412-415
;
Kouwenberg 2007
: 42
Examples
alma kɛnɛ ʃimatɛ fan danga mutɛ oflar
alma
all
kɛnɛ
person
ʃima-tɛ
move-
pfv
fan
from
danga
there
mu-tɛ
go-
pfv
oflaru
everywhere
Everybody moved away from there to all sorts of places.
See
Kouwenberg 1994
: 412
afti skiftɛ kumtɛ diskandi [...]
afta
after
iʃi
1pl
skifu-tɛ
move-
prf
kumu-tɛ
come-
prf
diʃi-kandi
this-side
[...]
[...]
After we moved to this place [...]
See
Kouwenberg 1994
: 412
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