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Example 52-94
mouché lévé
so kò
; mo véyé
mo kò
mouché
mister
lévé
lift
so
his
kò;
body
mo
I
véyé
look.after
mo
my
kò
body
He stood up. I take care of myself.
Comment:
The original text in Fauquenoy is written with IPA symbols.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Fauquenoy 1972
: 101
Language:
Guyanais
by
Stefan Pfänder
cite
Datapoints:
Reflexive constructions: Reflexive pronoun with ‘body’ or body-part
Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns: Intensifiers and reflexives are differentiated
Reciprocal constructions: Special reciprocal construction based on 'companion'
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