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Peter washed himself

Peter washed the car himself.

Wa‘tē

Ko kēna ā Pīta terei.

PRFT wash ERG Peter REFL
[ko̞ ke̞ːn̪a aː piːt̪a t̪e̞r̪e̞i]

Ko kēna ā Pīta ta kaʻna terei.
[ko̞ ke̞ːn̪a aː piːt̪a t̪a kan̪ːa t̪e̞r̪e̞i]
PRFT wash ERG Peter DEF car INTENSIFIER

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Peter washed himself

Peter washed the car himself.


Petteri pesi itsensä. (so he washed HIS "itse")
(Peseytyi would be better.)
Petteri pesi auton itse. (and he washed just "itse")

Please add glosses and/or some IPA/XSAMPA.

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Nibmel

qebtinselliq Peter
[ʔeptɪnzəl̥ːɪʔ]
qeb-tin-sel-liq
self-clean-CAUS-3SG
'Peter self-washes'; can have either a reflexive or an intensive meaning.

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Петр помылся.
/pʲotr pɐˈmɨɫsʲə/
петр помы-л-ся
Peter wash.PERF-PT.MASC-REFL
Peter washed himself.

Петр помыл машину сам.
/pʲotr pɐˈmɨɫ maˈʂɨnu ˈsam/
петр помы-л машин-у сам
Peter wash.PERF-PT.MASC car-1.ACC alone
Peter washed the car himself. Peter washed the car alone.

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Mandarin
Peter洗他自己。
Peter xǐ tā zìjǐ
[pʰi˥tʰa˧˩ ɕi˨˩ tʰa˥ tsɨ˥˩tɕi˨˩]
Peter wash 3s self

Peter自己洗車。
Peter zìjǐ xǐ chē
[pʰi˥tʰa˧˩ tsɨ˥˩tɕi˧˥ ɕi˨˩ tʂʰə˥]
Peter self wash car

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711 (Mii)

Pīta liāla īa ūa
4115209122920112033200 (Piita liaala iia uua)
[ˈpiːtʌ ˈlɪæːlʌ ˈiːʌ ˈuːʌ]
Peter wash 3p RELF

Pīta liāla pānaka ūa
41152091229204228252033200 (Piita liaala paanaka uua)
[ˈpiːtʌ ˈlɪæːlʌ ˈpæːnʌkʌ ˈuːʌ]
Peter wash car INTENSIFIER


It's way better with numerals, don't you think?

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Aren't "very" and "too" intensifiers?
Don't you call "himself" and "yourself" and "myself" and "herself" and so on, "emphatic pronouns", rather than "intensifiers"?

I thought an "intensifier" was a kind of adverb that could apply not only to other adverbs but also to adjectives.

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I stole the terminology from WALS.

Edit: I just saw that Wikipedia calls them "intensive pronouns".

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Well, they're obviously wrong, since that terminology confuses me!
(btw; that's a joke.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intensifier matches what I am used to.

So do http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/WhatIsAnEmphaticPronoun.htm and http://www.jstor.org/pss/40159938, and other links I found at http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/search/web?q=emphatic%20pronoun and http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/search/web?q=intensifier.

I do not find any use of "intensifier" to mean "emphatic pronoun" except in WALS.info chapter 47. Technically that doesn't mean they're wrong, it only explains why I was surprised.
It also seems to be a not-very-widespread use of "intensifiere".
That probably means that changing your thread-title to "emphatic pronouns" would be a good idea, or, maybe, "Emphatic Pronouns and Intensifiers".
Or, maybe it wouldn't be worth the trouble; you decide.

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Selinki

Peter rogadaj sesao
[p"eter rog"a:Daj ses"ao]
Peter wash-PST.3SG self-ACC

Peter rogadaj avtoa samo = Peter ses rogadaj avtoa
[p"eter rog"a:Daj avto"a: s"amo] [Peter s"es rog"a:Daj avto"a:]
Peter wash-PST.3SG car-ACC self-ADV = Peter self (as a pronoun) wash-PST.3SG car-ACC

Zidhgebzhail - Which lacks reflexive personal pronouns, but can use suffixaufnahme or verbal suffixes for the same effect:

Peter washed himself:

Pieter gUshpin-ud
Pieter-Ø g-Ushpi-n-ud
Peter-ABS.SG.M PST-wash-SIMPLE-REFLEXIVE
Peter washed-self.

Pieteril vilef gUshpin
Pieter-il v-il-ef g-Ushpi-n
Peter-ERG.SG.M 1-ERG-ACC.SG.M PST-wash-SIMPLE
*Peter he-him washed. Although grammatical, I think this would sound odd to a hypothetical native-speaker.

Peter washed the car himself: - Two possible interpretations, the second of which has two likely forms:

1 - Pieteril grraimpef bouvuif gUshpin
Pieter-il grraimp-ef bouv-uif g-Ushpi-n
Peter-ERG.SG.M car-ACC.SG.M self-ADV.M PST-wash-SIMPLE
Peter washed car 'selfly' (personally).

2A - Pieteril grraimpef zoeduif gUshpin
Pieter-il grraimp-ef z-oed-uif g-Ushpi-n
Peter-ERG.SG.M car-ACC.SG.M ANIMATE-one-ADV.M PST-wash-SIMPLE
Peter washed car alone.

2B - Pieteril v[il]eung grraimpef gUshpin
Pieter-il v-[il]-eung grraimp-ef g-Ushpi-n
Peter-ERG.SG.M 1-[ERG]-COMITATIVE.SG.M car-ACC.SG.M PST-wash-SIMPLE
Peter washed car with himself (alone).

In example 2B, 'vileung' exhibits suffixaufnahme, with both an ergative inflection to match with Peter, and a comitative inflection. The ergative inflection could be dropped, but would result in some ambiguity (as the clause could then mean that Peter washed the car with some other, thus far undefined, man).

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Zidhgebzhail Orthography

Vanga:

Leusktlid Alvas.
Alvas washed himself.
wash-REFL<PAST>-3PS Alvas-NOM
[ˈlœ͡ʊɕːtl̥ɪð ˈalvɑs̻]

Gæim laiskl Alvas va.
Alvas washed the car himself.
car-ACC wash<PAST>-3PS Alvas-NOM 3PS-NOM
[ɣæ͡ɪm la͡ɪs̻̽ɬ ˈalvɑs̻ va]

Gæim laiskl Alvazah jǽl.
Alvas washed the car alone.
car-ACC wash<PAST>-3PS Alvas-REL-NOM be_one<PAST>-3PS
[ɣæ͡ɪm la͡ɪs̻̽ɬ alvɑzɑˈçæːw]

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Oanhe:

Peitaeon oaoincou heaurraoicut.
/pitəʊɴ wʌŋku hœrʌkʊtʰ/
Peter.NOM one.he.ACC wash.did.he
Peter washed (only) himself.

Pietaeon oaoincuoul aouteo heaurraoicut.
/pitəʊɴ wʌŋkʊuɢl aʊteʊ hœrʌkʊtʰ/
Peter.NOM one.he.DAT car.ACC wash.did.he
Peter washed the car, only he (did).