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Example 1-236
A hatie mie, mie no ben sabie
datie
joe no ben dé boen.
A
3sg
.
sbj
hati
hurt
mi,
1sg
mi
1sg
no
neg
ben
pst
sabi
know
dati
that
yu
2sg
no
neg
ben
pst
de
cop
bun.
good
I'm sorry that I didn't know that you were not well.
Dutch:
Het doet my leed dat ik uwe onpasselykheid niet geweeten hebt. [op.cit.]
Comment:
This illustrates the use of the complementizer
dati
with the verb
sabi
'know'.
Type:
written
Source:
Weygandt 1798
: 121
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing: Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
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