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Value Intensifiers and reflexives are identical
Language:
Sranan
Parameter:
Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns
References
Nickel and Wilner 1984
: 47
Examples
A koti
ensrefi
nanga wan nefi.
A
3sg
koti
cut
ensrefi
himself
nanga
with
wan
a
nefi.
knife
He cut himself with a knife.
See
Nickel and Wilner 1984
: 47
Mi srefi dya abi famiri mi no sabi.
Mi
1sg
srefi
self
dya
here
abi
have
famiri
relative
mi
1sg
no
neg
sabi.
know
I myself have relatives that I don’t know.
Kande en srefi e kon na foto bori na agu gi mi.
Kande
maybe
en
3sg
srefi
self
e
ipfv
kon
come
na
loc
foto
town
bori
cook
na
det
agu
pig
gi
give
mi.
1sg
Maybe he himself comes to the city to cook the pig for me.
See
Nickel and Wilner 1984
: 47
Skowtu srefi no sabi suma fufuru a wagi.
Skowtu
police
srefi
self
no
neg
sabi
know
suma
who
fufuru
steal
a
det
wagi.
car
Even the police don’t know who stole the car.
See
Wilner 1992
: 60
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