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Example 19-187
Mì grànmá tɛl mi
se
è wɔnt go sìdɔ́n nà pueblo.
Mì grànmá tɛl mi se è wɔnt go sìdɔ́n nà pueblo.
1sg
.
poss
grandmother tell
quot
3sg
.
sbj
want go sit
loc
village
My grandmother told me that she wants to go live in the village.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Field data
Language:
Pichi
by
Kofi Yakpo
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
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