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Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go'
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‘Come’ and ‘go’ directionals exist
Example 19-167:
À kɛràn
go
nà comedor.
À
1sg
.
sbj
kɛr=àn
carry=
3sg
.
obj
go
go
nà
loc
comedor.
dining.room
I carried him to the dining room.
Source:
Yakpo 2009
: 638
Example 19-168:
Kɛr dì mòtó yù bring
kan
fɔ̀ ya!
Kɛr
take
dì
def
mòtó
car
yù
2sg
bring
bring
kan
come
fɔ̀
assoc
ya!
here
Take the car and bring it here!
Source:
Yakpo 2009
: 624
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Pichi
by
Kofi Yakpo
cite
Language:
Pichi
Feature:
Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go'
Source:
Yakpo 2009
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