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Example 32-143
El matá
(se) kabésa
.
El
3sg
matá
kill
(se)
(
poss
.
3sg
)
kabésa.
head
He killed himself.
Portuguese:
Ele matou-se.
Comment:
Here,
se kabésa
is the reflexive marker. Possessive
se
is optional.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
cite
Datapoints:
Reflexive constructions: Reflexive pronoun with ‘body’ or body-part
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