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Example 32-163
El krê bai.
El
3sg
krê
want
bai.
go
He wants to go.
Portuguese:
Ele quer ir.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
cite
Datapoints:
‘Want’ complement subjects: The complement subject is left implicit
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