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Example 66-99
Diana
dia jo
vertu akinja.
Dia-na
3sg
-
dat
dia-jo
3sg
-
foc
vertu
hate
a-kinja.
prs
-do
He hates himself.
Comment:
This example is in the Kirinda dialect. I am unsure of the appropriate construction in other varieties.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
M.T.M. Rihan, p.c.
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
cite
Datapoints:
Reflexive constructions: Compound reflexive pronoun with emphasizer
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