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Value Intensifiers and reflexives are differentiated
Language:
Fa d’Ambô
Parameter:
Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns
Examples
S'em ga mete pé ogé.
Se
and
amu
1sg
xa
evid
mete
put
pé
put
ogé.
body
And I dressed (myself).
Poxodul ta laba tudya potosai.
Poxodulu
person
ta
iter
laba
wash
tudyia
formerly
poto-sai.
lake-
dem
Formerly people washed themselves in this lake.
Amu-se fe dosu.
Amu-se
1sg
-
dem
fe
make
dosu.
two
I was number two.
Inen-syi sa namay-napay.
Inen-syi
3pl
-
dem
sa
be
namay-napay.
mother-father
THEY are full sisters.
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