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Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go'
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‘Come’ and ‘go’ directionals exist
Example 2-216:
Yu kan tyari wan suma go a wan tehuis.
Yu
2sg
kan
can
tyari
carry
wan
art
suma
person
go
go
a
loc
wan
art
tehuis.
nursing.home
You can take someone to a nursing home.
Source:
Winford 2000
: 80
Example 2-217:
A ben rij kon na post na mi tog, tra dei tog, tra esde.
A
3sg
ben
pst
rij
ride
kon
come
na
loc
post
post
na
loc
mi
me
tog,
tag
tra
other
dei
day
tog,
tag
tra
other
esde.
yesterday.
He had come to me at the station the other day, the day before yesterday.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Language:
Sranan
Feature:
Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go'
Source:
Winford 2000
: 80
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