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Example 32-148
El oiá
el mes
na spei. El
mes
brí pórta.
El
3sg
oiá
see
el
3sg
mes
self
na
in
spei.
mirror
El
3sg
mes
intens
brí
opened
pórta.
door
He saw himself in the mirror. He himself opened the door.
Portuguese:
Olhou-se no espelho. Ele mesmo abriu a porta.
Comment:
Mes
functions as both intensifier and reflexive.
Type:
constructed by native speaker
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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