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Example 30-205
Manhan N kre bai ti sidádi di Práia pa N bá bende un kabritu.
Manhan
tomorrow
N=kre
1sg
=want
bai
go
ti=sidádi
up.to=town
di=Práia
of=Praia
pa=N=bá
for=
1sg
=go
bende
sell
un=kabritu.
a=kid
Tomorrow, I want to go to the town of Praia (in order) to sell a kid.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. kunpádri
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
‘Want’ complement subjects: The complement subject is left implicit
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