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Example 32-164
El pensâ
kma
se fidj táva na káza.
El
3sg
pensâ
think
kma
comp
se
poss
.
3sg
fidj
son
táva
cop
.
pst
na
loc
káza.
house
She thought that her son was at home.
Portuguese:
Ela pensou que o filho estava em casa.
Comment:
Complementizers:
ma
,
k
, and also zero complementizer are possible.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
cite
Datapoints:
Complements of 'think' and 'want': Different complementizer
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