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Example 28-165
gavna ma suka fi nimi hosa ju kriktɛkɛ
gavna
Governor
ma
irr
suku-a
want-
ipfv
fi
for
nimi
know
hoso
how
so
foc
ju
2sg
kriki-tɛ
get-
pfv
ɛkɛ
1sg
Governor will want to know how you got me.
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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