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Example 28-161
ɛk ni
bi dato
jɛ daŋ kanɛ bi mja di laʃɛkaŋ
ɛkɛ
1sg
nimi
know
bi
say
dati
comp
o
3sg
jɛn
be
danga
there
kanɛ
neg
bi
say
mja
make
di
the
laʃi
lash
ɛkɛ
1sg
anga
loc
I didn't know that it was there, that (it) was lashing out at me.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Kouwenberg 1994
: 337
Language:
Berbice Dutch
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing: Complementizer consists of ‘say’ plus some other marker
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