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Value Reflexive pronoun with ‘body’ or body-part
Language:
Early Sranan
Parameter:
Reflexive constructions
References
Bruyn 1989
Examples
Wassi ju skin na bilo tu.
Wasi
wash
yu
2sg
skin
body
na
loc
bilo
below
tu.
too
Wash yourself at the lower part too.
German:
Wasch dich auch unten am Leib. [op.cit.]
See
Schumann 1783
: 17
A no kan sheki hem skin.
A
3sg
.
sbj
no
neg
kan
can
seki
shake
en
3sg
skin.
body
He can't move.
German:
Er kan sich nicht ruhren. [op.cit.]
See
Schumann 1783
: 110
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