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Example 29-129
Sy been pla hom.
Sy
3sg
.
m
.
poss
been
leg
pla
bother
hom.
3sg
.
m
.
obl
His leg is bothering him.
Comment:
This is common in spoken Afrikaans, particularly where the speaker is not very sure about the origins of a particular ailment/pain and/or where they are trying to downplay it (i.e. this is, for many speakers, a euphemistic usage).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Datapoints:
Experiencer constructions with ‘headache’: Body-part is subject
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