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Example 1-240
Mi wandi joe za trom hosse homan na plessi Aurora.
Mi
1sg
wani
want
yu
2sg
sa
fut
tron
become
oso-uma
house-maid
na
loc
presi
place
Aurora.
Aurora
I want you to become housemaid, instead of Aurora (lit. I want that you become housemaid, instead of Aurora).
Dutch:
Ik wil dat je een Huis-Meid word, in plaats van Aurora. [op.cit.]
Type:
written
Source:
van Dyk ca. 1765
: 65
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Complements of 'think' and 'want': No complementizer
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