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Example 1-234
Onnoe sa moessoe swerrie toe
takie
dem pikin dissie onnoe pottie na wie han, dem na reijtie piekien foe heddeman.
Unu
2pl
sa
fut
musu
must
sweri
swear
tu
also
taki
that
den
det
.
pl
piki
child
disi
rel
unu
2pl
poti
put
na
loc
wi
1pl
anu,
hand
den
3pl
da
be
reti
right
pikin
child
fu
of
hedeman.
captain
You should also swear that the children you will hand over to us are really the children of captains.
Comment:
The form
taki
functions both as a verb 'say, tell, speak' and as a complementizer; here it appears in the latter function.
Type:
written
Source:
SPT 1762
: art.13
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
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