Datapoint Papiá Kristang/Motion-to and motion-from

It should be noted that after bai ‘go’ it is very unusual to use the locative na ‘to, at’.
Inanimate goals are generally expressed without a marker.
Animate goals are indicated by ku. See discussion in Baxter (1988: 165).

Values

Differentiation

Example 42-138:
yo ja bai Maria sa kaza
yo
1sg
ja
pfv
bai
go
Maria
Maria
sa
gen
kaza
house
I went to Maria’s house.
Example 42-139:
Maria ja bai bazar
Maria
Maria
ja
pfv
bai
go
bazar
bazaar
Maria went to the bazaar.
Example 42-140:
olotu ja bai ku Uncle Min
olotu
3pl
ja
pfv
bai
go
ku
acc
Uncle
Uncle
Min
Min
They went to Uncle Min (a faith healer).

Source: Baxter 1988: 165

Example 42-141:
eli ja beng di bazar
eli
3sg
ja
pfv
beng
come
di
from
bazar
market
He came from the market.

Source: Baxter 1988: 164

Confidence:
Very certain