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Example 32-111
Med
dá na es.
Med
fear
dá
give
na
on
es.
3pl
They became overcome by fear.
Portuguese:
Ficaram com medo.
Type:
constructed by native speaker
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
cite
Datapoints:
Experiencer constructions with ‘fear’: 'Fear' is subject, experiencer is oblique
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