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Example 25-318
Im sabi fait bek dijan.
Im
3sg
sabi
know
fait
fight
bek
back
dijan.
prox
:
adj
He knows how to fight back.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates the verb of knowing
sabi
followed by a complement clause.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing: No complementizer
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