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Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go'
Such constructions are far from being frequent in Casamancese.
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‘Come’ and ‘go’ directionals exist
Example 34-135:
Joŋ
koré
(i)
bay
Sicor. — Joŋ
jantí
(i)
bay
Sicor.
Joŋ
John
ø
pfv
koré
run
(i)
(
3sg
.
sbj
)
bay
go
Sicor.
Ziguinchor
-
Joŋ
John
ø
pfv
jantí
hurry
(i)
(
3sg
.
sbj
)
bay
go
Sicor.
Ziguinchor
John went at once to Ziguinchor. — John hurried to go to Ziguinchor.
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Casamancese Creole
by
Noël Bernard Biagui
and
Nicolas Quint
cite
Language:
Casamancese Creole
Feature:
Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go'
Source:
Own knowledge
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