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Example 18-148
Ma papa tok
se
i de veks.
Ma
1sg
.
poss
papa
father
tok
talk
se
comp
i
3sg
.
sbj
de
cop
veks.
vex
My father says/said that he is angry.
Type:
unspecified
Source:
Bellama et al. 1983
: 44
Language:
Cameroon Pidgin English
by
Anne Schröder
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
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