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Example 30-204
Nhos sabe
ma
ten txeu animal ki ê más spértu ki algen?
Nhos=sabe
2pl
=know
ma=ten
comp
=have
txeu
many
animal
animal
ki
comp
ê
be
más
more
spértu
intelligent
ki=algen?
than=person
Do you know that there are a lot of animals who are more intelligent than people?
German:
Wisst ihr, dass es viele Tiere gibt, die intelligenter sind als der Mensch?
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 knowing: Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
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