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Value Reciprocal construction identical to reflexive
Language:
Cameroon Pidgin English
Parameter:
Reciprocal constructions
References
Escure n.d.
Examples
Mary si
im bodi
fo lookin-glas.
Mary
Mary
si
see
im
3sg
.
poss
bodi
body
fo
for
lookin-glas.
mirror
Mary saw herself in the mirror.
See
nd
Mary bin si im-sef fo glas.
Mary
Mary
bin
pst
si
see
im-sef
3sg
.
obj
-
refl
fo
for
glas.
mirror
Mary saw herself in the mirror.
Dem laik dem-sef.
Dem
3pl
.
sbj
laik
like
dem-sef.
3pl
-
refl
They like each other.
See
nd
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