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Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go'
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‘Come’ and ‘go’ directionals exist
Example 3-105:
Mi manda hɛn go a di wosu.
Mi
1sg
manda
send
hɛn
3sg
go
go
a
loc
di
def
.
sg
wosu.
house
I sent him to the house.
Example 3-106:
A bi tjá njanjá kó d'én.
A
3sg
bi
tns
tjá
carry
njanjá
food
kó
come
d'-én.
give-
3sg
He brought him food.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Saramaccan
by
Enoch O. Aboh
and
Tonjes Veenstra
and
Norval S.H. Smith
cite
Language:
Saramaccan
Feature:
Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go'
Source:
Fieldwork data
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