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Example 31-162
Es sabe
ma
na kel tenpu, es tinha ses kazinha.
Es
they
sabe
know
ma
comp
na
in
kel
that
tenpu,
time
es
they
tinha
had
ses
their
kazinha.
home
They know that during that time, they had their house.
Comment:
Some speakers use
ma
while others use
ki
.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing: Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
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