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Example 9-162
I lɛf bra anansi rayt dɛ ina daaknɛs widowt wan fiʃ sɛf.
I
3sg
lɛf
leave
bra
Brother
anansi
Anansi
rayt
right
dɛ
there
ina
in
daaknɛs
darkness
widowt
without
wan
one
fiʃ
fish
sɛf.
self
He left Brother Anansi right there without a single fish for him (Anansi). OR: Brother Anansi was left right there without even one fish.
Comment:
S
ɛf
is used as an intensifier here.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Escure 2004
: CD
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Datapoints:
Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns: Intensifiers and reflexives are identical
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