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Value Intensifiers and reflexives are identical
Language:
Tok Pisin
Parameter:
Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns
Examples
Em go na em kilim
em yet.
Em
3sg
go
go
na
and
em
3sg
kilim
kill
em
3sg
yet.
refl
He went and killed himself.
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nd
: ESP M1
Na Sindarela
em yet
ia, em tok, “a, a.”
Na
and
Sindarela
Cinderella
em
3sg
yet
foc
ia,
emph
em
3sg
tok,
talk
“a,
a
a.”
a
And Cinderella herself said "a, a".
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nd
Boi ia wonem ia kukim kindam na
em yet
kaikai.
Boi
boy
ia
emph
wonem
what
ia
emph
kuk-im
cook-
tr
kindam
prawn
na
and
em
3sg
yet
foc
kaikai.
ate
The boy, uh, cooked the prawns and ate them himself.
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nd
Em yet
em go hant.
Em
3sg
yet
foc
em
3sg
go
go
hant.
hunt
He himself went hunting.
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nd
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