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Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go'
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‘Come’ and ‘go’ directionals exist
Example 56-155:
La nou kouri nou
ale.
La
then
nou
1pl
kouri
run
nou
1pl
ale.
go
Then we ran/went away.
Source:
Michaelis 1994
: 51
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Seychelles Creole
by
Susanne Maria Michaelis
and
Marcel Rosalie
cite
Language:
Seychelles Creole
Feature:
Directional serial verb constructions with 'come' and 'go'
Source:
Michaelis 1994
: 50ff.
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