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Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns
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Intensifiers and reflexives are identical
Example 47-169:
Mi por defendé mi
mes.
Mi
1sg
por
can
defendé
defend
mi
1sg
mes.
refl
I can defend myself.
Source:
Birmingham 1970
: 70
Example 47-171:
Nan
mes
no tawatin trabou pa mi, pero [...].
Nan
3pl
mes
refl
no
neg
tawa-tin
pst
-have
trabou
work
pa
for
mi,
1sg
pero
but
[...].
[...]
They themselves had no work for me, but [...].
Source:
Kouwenberg nd
Example 47-172:
Pues nos
mes
ta pasa serka e personanan aki pa wak si nan ke partisipá den nos kampaña.
Pues
then
nos
1pl
mes
refl
ta
tns
pasa
pass
serka
near
e
def
persona
person
nan
pl
aki
dem
.
prox
pa
for
wak
see
si
if
nan
3pl
ke
want
partisipá
participate
den
in
nos
1pl
kampaña.
campaign
Then we ourselves will visit these people to see whether they want to participate in our campaign.
Source:
nd
: 3 July 2009, p.6
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Papiamentu
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Language:
Papiamentu
Feature:
Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns
Source:
Kouwenberg 2007
: 327
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