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Going to named places
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Preposition Frequency: 70.0%
Example 19-156:
[...] è kan go
nà Bàta
è bɔn.
[...]
[...]
è
3sg
.
sbj
kan
pfv
go
go
nà
loc
Bàta
Bata
è
3sg
.
sbj
bɔn.
give.birth
[...] [then] she went to Bata and gave birth.
Confidence:
Very certain
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Serial verb plus preposition Frequency: 10.0%
Example 19-158:
À want flay
go insay
Ela Nguema naw so.
À
1sg
.
sbj
want
want
flay
fly
go
go
insay
inside
Ela
Ela
Nguema
Nguema
naw
now
so.
so
I want to rush to Ela Nguema right now.
Source:
Yakpo 2009
: 379
Confidence:
Very certain
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Serial verb Frequency: 10.0%
Example 19-157:
Dɛ̀n dɔn kɛràn go Nigeria.
Dɛ̀n
3pl
dɔn
prf
kɛr=àn
take=
3sg
.
obj
go
go
Nigeria.
Nigeria
They've taken her to Nigeria.
Confidence:
Very certain
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No adpositional/case marking Frequency: 10.0%
Example 19-155:
[...] è go
Pànyá.
[...]
[...]
è
3sg
.
sbj
go
go
Pànyá.
Spain
[...] she went to Spain.
Source:
Yakpo 2009
: 454
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Pichi
by
Kofi Yakpo
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Language:
Pichi
Feature:
Going to named places
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