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Example 1-221
Datie joe kan memree na joe srevie.
Dati
det
yu
2sg
kan
can
memre
think
na
at
yu
2sg
srefi.
self
You (yourself) can understand.
Dutch:
Dat kunt gy wel begrypen. [op.cit.]
Comment:
In cases like this,
srefi
'self' may be analyzed as reflexive, although it cannot be excluded that it is used as intensifier.
Type:
written
Source:
Weygandt 1798
: 139
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Reflexive constructions: Compound reflexive pronoun with emphasizer
Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns: Intensifiers and reflexives are identical
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