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Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Experiencer constructions with ‘headache’
Examples
Wots rong yu gata hedeik?
Wots
what's
rong
wrong
yu
2sg
gata
got
hedeik?
headache
Why do you have a headache?
Aim heting fut.
Aim
1sg
:
prog
het-ing
hurt-
prog2
fut.
foot
My foot hurts.
Maitbi im hedeik, [...] im holdim mijelb la hed na.
Maitbi
maybe
im
3sg
hedeik,
headache
[...]
[...]
im
3sg
hold-im
hold-
tr
mijelb
refl
la
loc
hed
head
na.
now
Maybe he has got a headache, he is holding his head now.
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