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Example 71-159
Oe makana wau $1 akahi la, a wau kaukau
mi
.
Oe
2sg
makana
give
wau
1sg
$1
one.dollar
akahi
each
la,
day
a
and
wau
1sg
kaukau
feed
mi.
myself
Pay me a dollar per day and I will feed myself.
Comment:
Note that the reflexive pronoun is a borrowing from Hawai'i Pidgin English and is distinct in form from the usual 1SG pronoun used in the same sentence.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
own data 1913
Language:
Pidgin Hawaiian
by
Sarah J. Roberts
cite
Datapoints:
Reflexive constructions: Dedicated reflexive pronoun
Reciprocal constructions: Reciprocal construction identical to reflexive
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