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Example 26-111
'cause us neva like you in the picture
'cause
because
us
1pl
neva
neg
.
pst
like
desid
you
2sg
in
in
the
art
picture
picture
because we didn't want you (being) in the picture
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Yamanaka 1993
: 41-2
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
by
Viveka Velupillai
cite
Datapoints:
Complements of 'think' and 'want': No complementizer
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