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Example 72-138
Nyantungku i garra faindim Mishai.
Nyantu-ngku
3sg
-
erg
i
3sg
.
sbj
garra
pot
faind-im
find-
tr
Mishai.
Mishai
He's got to find Mishai himself.
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Comment:
The emphatic pronoun is here used as an intensifier.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Meakins 2003-2006
Language:
Gurindji Kriol
by
Felicity Meakins
cite
Datapoints:
Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns: Intensifiers and reflexives are differentiated
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