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Example 11-276
Ai going go luk
wan
“help mi” fa kiip dis hat man fa
mi wan
.
Ai
1sg
go-ing
go-
prog
go
go
luk
look
wan
art
.
indf
“help
help
mi”
me
fa
comp
kiip
keep
dis
dem
hat
hot
man
man
fa
for
mi
1sg
wan.
intfr
I am going to get myself a “help me” (magical protection) in order to keep this hot man all to myself.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns: Intensifiers and reflexives overlap
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