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Example 28-164
o wa sukwa bif mɛt bɛri beki
o
3sg
wa
pst
suku-a
want-
ipfv
bifi
talk
mɛtɛ
with
bɛri
Berry
beki
little
She wanted to talk with Berry a little.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Kouwenberg 1994
: 348
Language:
Berbice Dutch
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
‘Want’ complement subjects: The complement subject is left implicit
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