Datapoint Tayo/Experiencer constructions with ‘headache’

The subject is postposed. Where required the focused subject can be preposed:

tet pu lja le malad
[head PREP 3SG SI ill]
‘It's his head that hurts‘ (and not his foot).

Values

Body-part is subject

Example 57-68:
le malad tet pu lja
le
si
malad
sick
tet
head
pu
for
lja
3sg
He/She has a headache.
Confidence:
Intermediate