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Example 2-252
A no ben sab'
taki
na wan bigi Anansi.
A
He
no
neg
ben
tns
sab'
know
taki
that
na
cop
wan
art
bigi
big
Anansi.
Anansi
He did not know that this was a grown-up Anansi.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Plag 1993
: 47
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing: Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
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