2008, “Yu ben sabi a sani disi?”, in Jehovah's Witnesses:
Tra sani di temreman ben e meki, na sani soleki tafra, sturu, bangi, nanga kisi pe sma ben poti sani na ini, èn sosrefi sani soleki doro, fensre, udu sroto, nanga postu fu poti na a plafon.
Other things that the carpenter used to make were things such as tables, chairs, benches, and boxes where people put things into, as well as such items as doors, windows, wooden locks, and beams to put on the ceiling.
From Dutchdoor(“through”). The added verbal aspect possibly results from the relexification of words in Gbe languages that have both a spatial and a verbal aspect, compare Eweɖé(“towards, to; to reach, to arrive”) and Fondò(“towards, to; to reach, to arrive”).[1]
Kofi Yakpo, Adrienne Bruyn (2015) “Trans-Atlantic patterns: the relexification of locative constructions in Sranan”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, pages 153-154
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.
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References
Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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