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Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go'
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‘Come’ and ‘go’ directionals exist
Example 18-125:
Im kari naif go.
Im
3sg
kari
carry
naif
knife
go.
go
She/He took the knife away.
Source:
nd
Example 18-126:
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.
Source:
nd
Example 18-127:
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.
Source:
nd
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Cameroon Pidgin English
by
Anne Schröder
cite
Language:
Cameroon Pidgin English
Feature:
Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go'
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