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Example 30-206
N ka txomá-u, pamodi N pensa
ma
bu stába kansádu!
N=ka=txomá=u,
1sg
=
neg
=call=
2sg
pamodi
because
N=pensa
1sg
=think
ma=bu=stá-ba
comp
=
2sg
=be-
ant
kansádu!
tired
I didn't call you because I thought you were tired!
German:
Ich habe dich nicht gerufen, weil ich glaubte, du seist müde!
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
da Silva 1987
: 213
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Complements of 'think' and 'want': Different complementizer
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