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Experiencer constructions with ‘headache’
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Pain is subject Frequency: 90.0%
Example 2-158:
Ede-hati e kiri mi.
Ede-hati
head-hurt
e
ipfv
kiri
kill
mi.
me
A headache is killing me.
Confidence:
Certain
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Body-part is subject Frequency: 10.0%
Example 2-159:
Mi ede span span wan sortu fasi. Mi weri.
Mi
my
ede
head
span
tense
span
tense
wan
one
sortu
sort
fasi.
way
Mi
I
weri.
tired
I have some sort of a headache. I’m tired.
Confidence:
Intermediate
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Language:
Sranan
Feature:
Experiencer constructions with ‘headache’
Source:
Own knowledge
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