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Example 33-122
I bofetyadu.
I
3sg
bofetya-du.
slap-
pass
She was slapped.
Portuguese:
Ela foi bofeteada. OR: Ela levou uma bofetada.
Comment:
The subjects of verbs passivized with the sufix -
du
are patients, not agents.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Guinea-Bissau Kriyol
by
Incanha Intumbo
and
Liliana Inverno
and
John Holm
cite
Datapoints:
Alignment of case marking of personal pronouns: Accusative alignment
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