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Example 11-293
Ai haftu taak
se
Ai stiil dis ring.
Ai
1sg
haf.tu
have.to
taak
talk
se
comp
Ai
1sg
stiil
steal
dis
dem
ring.
ring
I have to tell [you] that I stole this ring.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
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