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Example 32-147
El matá (
se
)
kabésa.
El
3sg
matá
kill
(se)
(
poss
.
3sg
)
kabésa.
head
He killed himself.
Portuguese:
Matou-se.
Comment:
Se kabésa
is used as reflexive only.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
cite
Datapoints:
Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns: Identical and differentiated
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