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Intensifiers and reflexives are identical
Example 4-150:
Kande a dei seefi, Masaa Sopo anga wan dataa kon de.
Kande
maybe
a
det
dei
day
seefi,
self
Masaa
Mr
Sopo
Sopo
anga
with
wan
a
dataa
doctor
kon
come
de.
there
Maybe that very day Mr Sopo and a doctor came there.
Source:
Huttar and Huttar 1994
: 328
Example 4-151:
A lobi
en seefi
tumisi.
A
she
lobi
love
en
her
seefi
self
tumisi.
too.much
She loves herself too much.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Nengee
by
Bettina Migge
cite
Language:
Nengee
Feature:
Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns
Source:
Goury and Migge 2003
: 82
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