Datapoint Papiá Kristang/Going to named places

A serial verb expression is only used when action verbs such as andá ‘walk’, kuré ‘run’, are involved. Thus: eli já kuré bai kaza [3SG PFV run go house] ‘He ran home.’

Values

Serial verb Frequency: 50.0%

Example 42-215:
eli já kuré bai kaza
eli
3sg
já
pfv
kuré
run
bai
go
kaza
house
He ran home.
Confidence:
Certain

No adpositional/case marking Frequency: 50.0%

Example 42-142:
yo sa pai ja bai Singapura
yo
1sg
sa
gen
pai
father
ja
pfv
bai
go
Singapura
Singapore
My father went to Singapore.
Confidence:
Very certain