Example 31-161

Ta fla-l ki ubi pasa, komu mi, N ta fla ki'N ubi pasa.
Ta
hab
fla-l
say-him
ki
comp
ubi
hear
pasa,
take.place
komu
like
mi,
me
N
I
ta
hab
fla
say
ki'N
comp.I
ubi
hear
pasa.
take.place
We hear that it took place, like me, I say that I heard it took place.
Comment:
A verb of speaking can select the complementizer ki, as attested in naturally occurring speech data. This example was taken from my Santiago corpus but is also illustrative of the Brava variety although I could not find an example in my Brava corpus.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Yvo, p.c.