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Example 27-122
Am no wēt
se
fo kōk jamus fo gurí.
Am
3sg
no
neg
wēt
know
se
say
fo
for
kōk
cook
jamus
yamus
fo
for
gurí.
grow
He did not know that he had to cook yamus in order to grow.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 38
Language:
Negerhollands
by
Robbert van Sluijs
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing: Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
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