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Reflexive constructions
The particle yet following a pronoun is used to indicate reflexivity.
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Compound reflexive pronoun with emphasizer
Example 22-152:
Em go na em kilim
em yet.
Em
3sg
go
go
na
and
em
3sg
kilim
kill
em
3sg
yet.
refl
He went and killed himself.
Source:
nd
: ESP M1
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Language:
Tok Pisin
Feature:
Reflexive constructions
Source:
Own knowledge
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