Value Identical and special reciprocal construction

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Reciprocal constructions
References
Munro 2004: 92

Examples

  1. Tubala bait wan anatha.
    Tubala
    3du
    bait
    bite
    wan
    one
    anatha.
    another.
    The two (dogs) bite each other.
  2. Imin telim tubala tu graul mijelb la thei pleis!
    Im=in
    3sg=pst
    tel-im
    tell-tr
    tubala
    3du
    tu
    comp
    graul
    argue
    mijelb
    refl
    la
    loc
    thei
    3pl
    pleis!
    place
    He told the two to argue at their (own) place.
  3. Orla gel en boi bin nakam-bat jelp garra kura, garra burluman kura.
    Orla
    pl
    gel
    girl
    en
    and
    boi
    boy
    bin
    pst
    nak-am-bat
    hit-tr-prog
    jelp
    refl
    garra
    com/ins
    kura,
    dung
    garra
    com/ins
    burluman
    cattle
    kura.
    dung
    The girls and boys were hitting each other with dung, with cattle dung.

    See Hudson 1985: 48

  4. Im skrejim mijelb.
    Im
    3sg
    skrej-im
    scratch-tr
    mijelb.
    refl
    He scratches himself.
  5. Tubala givit mijelb bekbon ij.
    Tubala
    3du
    giv-it
    give-tr
    mijelb
    refl
    bekbon
    back
    ij.
    each
    The two are turning the back to each other. (In space elicitation)
  6. Maiti tubala bin graulim mijelb.
    Maiti
    maybe
    tubala
    3du
    bin
    pst
    graul-im
    growl-tr
    mijelb.
    refl
    Maybe the two growled at each other.