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Example 30-201
Nhu sabe
ma
tudu algen ta fla
ma
mi ku nho nu ta parse txeu, o Nastási!
Nhu=sabe
2sg
.
pol
.
m
=know
ma=tudu
comp
=all
algen
someone
ta=fla
ipfv
=say
ma=mi
comp
=
1sg
.
indp
ku=nho
with=
2sg
.
pol
.
m
.
indp
nu=ta=parse
1pl
=
ipfv
=resemble
txeu,
much
o
oh
Nastási!
Nastási
Nastási, you know that everybody says that we resemble each other much.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. algen
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
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