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Example 65-105
Боися я, конешко боися, один сиди ночью.
Baisia ja, kaneʃəna baisia, adin sidi noʧu.
Baisia
be.afraid
ja,
1sg
kaneʃəna
of.course
baisia,
be.afraid
adin
one
sidi
sit
noʧu.
at.night
I was afraid, surely one would be afraid of being alone during the night.
Comment:
The example was recorded by E. Perekhvalskaya and F. Eloeva in 1985 (Primorskij region).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Perekhvalskaya 2008
: 235
Language:
Chinese Pidgin Russian
by
Elena Perekhvalskaya
cite
Datapoints:
Experiencer constructions with ‘fear’: Experiencer is subject, 'fear' is verbal
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