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Example 2-158
Ede-hati e kiri mi.
Ede-hati
head-hurt
e
ipfv
kiri
kill
mi.
me
A headache is killing me.
Comment:
This is the preferrred way of talking about headache.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Marleen van de Vate's field notes
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Datapoints:
Experiencer constructions with ‘headache’: Pain is subject
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