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Example 49-67
M t ap koud pantalon an anfòm anfòm.
M
1sg
t
ant
ap
inacc
koud
sow
pantalon
pants
an
def
anfòm~anfòm.
impeccable~impeccable
I was [in the process of] sowing these pants impeccably.
French:
J'étais en train de coudre ce pantalon très impeccablement.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fattier 1998
: 930
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Attenuating function
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