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Example 16-145
à tiŋk
se
jɔ noz sɛf ì dè hiɛ sɔmtiŋ
à
1sg
.
sbj
tiŋk
think
se
comp
jɔ
2sg
.
poss
noz
nose
sɛf
foc
ì
3sg
.
sbj
dè
prog
hiɛ
smell
sɔmtiŋ
something
I think that even your nose is smelling something.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Huber 1999
: 189
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
by
Magnus Huber
cite
Datapoints:
Complements of 'think' and 'want': Identical complementizer
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