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Example 2-249
Da' Anansi taki, eng go proberi efi eng kan sabi fa a nemn.
Da'
then
Anansi
Anansi
taki,
say
eng
3sg
go
go
proberi
try
efi
if
eng
3sg
kan
can
sabi
know
fa
how
a
3sg
nemn.
name
Then Anansi said he would try if he could learn his name.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Plag 1993
: 40
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: No complementizer
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