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Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns
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Intensifiers and reflexives are identical
Example 8-136:
A chuu bikaazn se unu hiet
unuself.
A
foc
chuu
through
bikaazn
because
se
comp
unu
2pl
hiet
hate
unuself.
2pl
.
refl
It's because you all hate yourselves.
Example 8-137:
Jien mek di frak
arself.
Jien
Jane
mek
make
di
det
frak
frock
arself.
3sg
.
refl
.
f
Jane made the frock herself.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Jamaican
by
Joseph T. Farquharson
cite
Language:
Jamaican
Feature:
Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns
Source:
Own knowledge
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