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Example 16-143
jù no se nɔmali wì dè bai ʃip [...] kil àm
jù
2sg
no
know
se
comp
nɔmali
normaly
wì
1pl
dè
hab
bai
buy
ʃip
sheep
[...]
[...]
kil
kill
àm
3sg
.
obj
You know that usually we buy a sheep and kill it.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Huber 1999
: 189
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing: Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
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