Value Body-part is subject

Language:
Singapore Bazaar Malay
Parameter:
Experiencer constructions with ‘headache’

Examples

  1. Balu tao balan semua sakit sampai tak bole tahan.
    Balu
    recently
    tao
    know
    balan
    body
    semua
    all
    sakit
    sick
    sampai
    until
    tak
    neg
    bole
    can
    tahan.
    bear
    He just noticed his whole body was aching so much that he could not stand.

    See Aye 2005: 353