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Value Intensifiers and reflexives are identical
Language:
Berbice Dutch
Parameter:
Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns
References
Kouwenberg 1994
: 187
Examples
pabadi
self
kan mjo arum ababaka
pabadi
God
selfu
self
kan
can
mja
make
o
3sg
arum
poor
ababa
anymore
ka
neg
Even God himself cannot make him poor anymore.
See
Kouwenberg 1994
: 187
o goi-tɛ
ʃi sel
mingi ben tobːoːː
o
3sg
gui-tɛ
throw-
pfv
ʃi
3sg
.
poss
selfu
self
mingi
water
ben
inside
tobːoːː
splash
It threw itself "splash!" into the water.
See
Kouwenberg 1994
: 182
ɛk
sel
hardli das mu
ɛkɛ
1sg
selfu
self
hardli
hardly
das
hab
mu
go
I myself hardly go (anywhere).
See
Kouwenberg 1994
: 187
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