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Example 54-195
Lé dé i démanti pa
enn é lot
.
Le
def
.
pl
de
two
i
fin
demanti
betray
pa
neg
enn-e-lot.
one-and-other
They do not betray each other.
French:
Ils ne se démentent pas l'un l'autre.
Comment:
Enn-e-lot
, also
lenn-a-lot
and
enn-a-lot
, are reciprocal constructions (see Baggioni 1990 under
linn-a-lot
).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Barat et al. 1977
: 59
Language:
Reunion Creole
by
Annegret Bollée
cite
Datapoints:
Reciprocal constructions: Identical and special reciprocal construction
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