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Example 56-62
Mon ti a kapab marye avek sa fiy, me selman i en pti pe
vilenn-vilenn
.
Mon
1sg
ti
pst
a
fut
kapab
can
marye
marry
avek
with
sa
dem
fiy,
girl
me
but
selman
only
i
3sg
en
a
pti
little
pe
bit
vilenn~vilenn.
ugly~ugly
I might marry that girl, only she is just a little bit ugly.
Comment:
The English translation is taken from Bollée (2003: 223).
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Bollée 2003
: 223
Language:
Seychelles Creole
by
Susanne Maria Michaelis
and
Marcel Rosalie
cite
Datapoints:
Functions of reduplication: Attenuating function
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