Value Intensifiers and reflexives are differentiated

Language:
Santome
Parameter:
Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns
References
Hagemeijer 2007: 40-3. 220-7

Examples

  1. Bô me ka fe kume bô.
    Bô
    2sg
    me
    emph
    ka
    ipfv
    fe
    make
    kume
    food
    bô.
    2sg.poss
    You make your food yourself.
  2. Ê ska ngana ubwê dê.
    Ê
    3sg
    ska
    prog
    ngana
    cheat
    ubwê
    body
    dê.
    3sg.poss
    He cheated himself.
  3. So êlê me so ka fe ubwê dê mindjan ê.
    So
    then
    êlê
    3sg
    me
    self
    so
    foc
    ka
    ipfv
    fe
    make
    ubwê
    body
    dê
    3sg.poss
    mindjan
    remedy
    ê.
    pcl
    Then it is he himself who makes himself a remedy.
  4. Ami plopi ku ka tlaba ku ê ka mendu êlê.
    Ami
    1sg
    plopi
    self
    ku
    rel
    ka
    ipfv
    tlaba
    work
    ku
    with
    ê
    3sg
    ka
    ipfv
    mendu
    fear
    êlê.
    3sg
    Even I myself who works with him am afraid of him.