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Value ‘Come’ and ‘go’ directionals exist
Language:
Principense
Parameter:
Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go'
References
Maurer 2009
: 118ff.
Examples
Ê
kwê we
kaxi sê.
Ê
3sg
kwê
run
we
go
kaxi
house
sê.
poss
.
3sg
She ran home.
See
Maurer 2009
: 119
Ê
landa vika
.
Ê
3sg
landa
swim
vika.
come
She arrived swimming.
See
Maurer 2009
: 119
Ê
kwê subi
ôkê sê.
Ê
3sg
kwê
run
subi
go.up
ôkê
hill
sê.
dem
She ran up the hill.
See
Maurer 2009
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