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Example 29-180
Jan en Piet haat
hulleself.
Jan
John
en
and
Piet
Pete
haat
hate
hulle-self.
them-
refl
John and Pete hate themselves.
Comment:
Hulleself
here could also be
hulself
, featuring the reduced form of the pronoun
hulle
(an option available in colloquial varieties).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Datapoints:
Reciprocal constructions: Special reciprocal construction based on 'other'
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