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Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns
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Intensifiers and reflexives are differentiated
Example 35-200:
Bô
me
ka fe kume bô.
Bô
2sg
me
emph
ka
ipfv
fe
make
kume
food
bô.
2sg
.
poss
You make your food yourself.
Example 35-201:
Ê ska ngana
ubwê dê.
Ê
3sg
ska
prog
ngana
cheat
ubwê
body
dê.
3sg
.
poss
He cheated himself.
Example 35-202:
So êlê
me
so ka fe
ubwê dê
mindjan ê.
So
then
êlê
3sg
me
self
so
foc
ka
ipfv
fe
make
ubwê
body
dê
3sg
.
poss
mindjan
remedy
ê.
pcl
Then it is he himself who makes himself a remedy.
Example 35-203:
Ami
plopi
ku ka tlaba ku ê ka mendu êlê.
Ami
1sg
plopi
self
ku
rel
ka
ipfv
tlaba
work
ku
with
ê
3sg
ka
ipfv
mendu
fear
êlê.
3sg
Even I myself who works with him am afraid of him.
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Santome
by
Tjerk Hagemeijer
cite
Language:
Santome
Feature:
Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns
Source:
Hagemeijer 2007
: 40-3. 220-7
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