Value Experiencer is subject, 'fear' is non-verbal

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Experiencer constructions with ‘fear’

Examples

  1. Ai bin telim yu thei bin fraiten.
    Ai
    1sg
    bin
    pst
    tel-im
    tell-tr
    yu
    2sg
    thei
    3pl
    bin
    pst
    fraiten.
    frightened
    I (just) told you, they were frightened.
  2. Hi fraiten tu getin.
    Hi
    3sg
    fraiten
    be.frightened
    tu
    to
    getin.
    get.in
    He/she is frightened to get in. (i.e. He/she is frightened to put his/her hand into a hole to look for goanna out of fear of snakes.)
  3. Imin ranawei mijelb na, maitbi fraiten.
    Im=in
    3sg=pst
    ran-awei
    run-away
    mijelb
    self
    na,
    now
    maitbi
    maybe
    fraiten.
    frightened
    She ran away by herself, maybe (she ran away because) she was frightened.
  4. Bat naja dubala bin du fraitn du gowin.
    Bat
    but
    naja
    other
    dubala
    3du
    bin
    pst
    du
    too
    fraitn
    frightened
    du
    to
    gow-in.
    go-in
    But the other two were too frightened to go in.

    See Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 63

  5. O wi bin geda shok, wi braitin-braitin tu, maidi wi mijinatbat.
    O
    oh
    wi
    1pl
    bin
    pst
    geda
    get
    shok,
    shock
    wi
    1pl
    braitin~braitin
    red.frightened
    tu,
    too
    maidi
    maybe
    wi
    1pl
    mijin-at-bat.
    missing-out-prog
    Oh we got a shock, we [were] frightened too, maybe we are missing out. (Context: flu vaccination)

    See Angelo et al. 1998