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Example 31-150
Ta manda pa nu ba mata
kabesa
.
Ta
asp
manda
send
pa
for
nu
we
ba
go
mata
kill
kabesa.
head
They lead us to kill ourselves.
Comment:
This example was taken from my Santiago corpus but the exact equivalent also obtains in the Brava variety (although no illustrative instance occurred in my Brava corpus).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Rab older daughter 2000 (ST), p.c.
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
cite
Datapoints:
Reflexive constructions: Reflexive pronoun with ‘body’ or body-part
Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns: Intensifiers and reflexives are differentiated
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