Value Body-part is subject

Language:
Early Sranan
Parameter:
Experiencer constructions with ‘headache’
References
van den Berg 2007: 63ff

Examples

  1. Mi heddi de jam mi. [od.] Mi heddi de hati mi.
    Mi
    1sg
    hede
    head
    de
    asp
    nyan
    eat
    mi.
    1sg
    [oder]
    [or]
    Mi
    1sg
    hede
    head
    de
    asp
    hati
    hurt
    mi.
    1sg
    My head is hurting.
    German: Ich habe Kopfweh. [op.cit.]

    See Schumann 1783: 62