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Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go'
Serial verbs with go/gaan are much more common than with kom.
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‘Come’ and ‘go’ directionals exist
Example 11-264:
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”.
Source:
nd
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
Feature:
Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go'
Source:
Own knowledge
Holm 1978
: 226-227
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