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Example 8-103
Wen fried tek man, pikni shot fit im.
Wen
when
fried
fear
tek
take
man,
man
pikni
child
shot
shirt
fit
fit
im.
3sg
One will do the impossible when one is frightened. (lit. When fear takes a man, a child's shirt fits him.)
Comment:
This sentence is a proverb.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Jamaican
by
Joseph T. Farquharson
cite
Datapoints:
Experiencer constructions with ‘fear’: 'Fear' is subject, experiencer is object
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