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Example 1-222
Dem sa moessoe hollie
dem serefie
allekie dem frieman diesie wie mekie na wie miendrie.
Den
3pl
sa
fut
musu
must
hori
hold
den
3pl
srefi
self
aleki
like
den
det
.
pl
friman
freeman
disi
rel
wi
1pl
meki
make
na
loc
wi
1pl
mindri.
midst
They will have to behave themselves like the freemen in our midst whom we set free.
Comment:
Here
srefi
'self' is reflexive, without an alternative reading as intensifier being applicable. Such cases are rare.
Type:
written
Source:
SPT 1762
: art.11
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
Reciprocal constructions: Identical and special reciprocal construction
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