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Example 28-158
eni pamatɛkɛ
bihi
dat
ɛkɛ ma mu danga ka
eni
3pl
pama-tɛ
tell-
pfv
ɛkɛ
1sg
bifi
say
dati
comp
ɛkɛ
1sg
ma
irr
mu
go
danga
there
ka
neg
They told me that I should not go there.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Kouwenberg 1994
: 405
Language:
Berbice Dutch
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer consists of ‘say’ plus some other marker
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