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Example 32-150
No mestê protejê-l d'
se kabésa
.
No
1pl
mestê
need
protejê-l
protect-
3sg
de
from
se
poss
.
3sg
kabésa.
head
We need to protect him from himself.
Portuguese:
Temos de o protejer dele mesmo.
Comment:
Here,
se kabésa
is the reflexive marker.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
cite
Datapoints:
Reciprocal constructions: Special reciprocal construction based on 'companion'
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