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Value Intensifiers and reflexives overlap
Language:
Guadeloupean Creole
Parameter:
Intensifiers and reflexive pronouns
Examples
I ka gadé
li-menm
adan glas-la.
I
3sg
ka
prog
gadé
look
li-menm
3sg
-
emph
adan
in
glas-la.
mirror-
def
She is looking at herself in the mirror.
I ka gadé
kò a'y
adan glas-la. / I ka gadé'y adan glas-la.
I
3sg
ka
prog
gadé
look
kò
body
a'y
3sg
adan
in
glas-la.
mirror-
def
/
/
I
3sg
ka
prog
gadé'y
look.
3sg
adan
in
glas-la.
mirror-
def
She is looking at herself in the mirror.
Sé Danyèl
li-menm
ki di mwen sa.
Sé
be
Danyèl
Daniel
li-menm
intens
ki
rel
di
tell
mwen
1sg
sa.
it
Daniel himself told me about it.
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