Value Pain is subject

Language:
Haitian Creole
Parameter:
Experiencer constructions with ‘headache’
References
Fattier 1998: vol. 1, p. 150

Examples

  1. 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