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Value Intensifiers and reflexives are differentiated
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
Parameter:
Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns
References
nd
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nd
Examples
Ta manda pa nu ba mata
kabesa
.
Ta
asp
manda
send
pa
for
nu
we
ba
go
mata
kill
kabesa.
head
They lead us to kill ourselves.
Franki di Britu,
el me
tanbe e konhese bu mai ku bu pai.
Franki
Frank
di
of
Britu,
Brito
el
himself
me
as
tanbe
well
e
he
konhese
know
bu
your
mai
mother
ku
and
bu
your
pai.
father
Frank of Brito, he himself knows your mother and father as well.
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