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Example 30-140
Maridu, bariga due-m dja, [...].
Maridu,
husband
bariga
stomach
due=m
hurt=
1sg
dja,
already
[...].
[...]
Husband, my stomach hurts, [...].
German:
Mann, der Bauch tut mir weh, [...].
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
da Silva 1987
: 151
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Experiencer constructions with ‘headache’: Body-part is subject
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