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Example 73-89
yolladi bixuni amilladadi
yo-lla-di
1sg
-
delim
-
emph
bi-xu-ni
see-
dur
-
1sg
ami-lla-da-di
1sg
.
obj
-
delim
-
acc
-
emph
I see myself.
Comment:
This is limited to first person singular. [-lla-di] 'just emphatic' is an intensifier.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Muysken 1981
: 68
Language:
Media Lengua
by
Pieter Muysken
cite
Datapoints:
Reflexive constructions: Compound reflexive pronoun with emphasizer
Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns: Intensifiers and reflexives are identical
Reciprocal constructions: Other special reciprocal construction
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