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Value Pain is subject
Language:
Haitian Creole
Parameter:
Experiencer constructions with ‘headache’
References
Fattier 1998
: vol. 1, p. 150
Examples
Tèlman yon tètfèmal te mete l nan chagren.
Tèlman
so.much
yon
a
tètfèmal
headache
te
ant
mete
put
l
3sg
nan
in
chagren.
distress
His/Her migraine has brought him so much distress.
French:
Tellement une migraine l'a mise dans le chagrin.
See
Desmarattes 1983
: 10
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