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Value Reflexive pronoun with ‘body’ or body-part
Language:
Early Sranan
Parameter:
Reflexive constructions
References
Bruyn 1989
;
van den Berg 2007
: 46ff
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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