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Example 9-155
[Bra Fayaflay] lɛf Bra Anansi ina daknəs widowt wan fiʃ sɛf.
[Bra
[Brother
Fayaflay]
Firefly]
lɛf
left
Bra
Brother
Anansi
Anansi
ina
in
daknəs
darkness
widowt
without
wan
one
fiʃ
fish
sɛf.
self
[Brother Firefly] left Brother Anansi in the dark without a single fish [for] himself (Anansi).
Comment:
The pronominal element is absent before the reflexive.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Escure 2004
: CD
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Transitive motion verbs: ‘push’: At-rest marking is used to express motion-to
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