Test Sentences, 132

Continuing with Gary’s list:

  1. I hurt myself.
  2. She was talking to herself.

These are reflexives, in the sense that the same argument appears in two different roles. For reflexives (subject to change) the pronoun is not repeated, but suffixed with a reflexive suffix that varies by person and noun class (which is a touch of whimsy on my part).

170. lenada otni tude.

lenada
1P.MTsg.REFL
otni
tɨŋi.PRF
tude
hurt.MTsg

171. mahanɨt deya duso.

mahanɨt
3P.MTsg.REFL
deya
something.MTsg
duso
duso.IMP

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