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Example 36-131
Ê fa m
fala ma
karu e ka n'dja Potave.
Ê
3sg
fa
tell
m
1sg
fala
say
ma
comp
karu
car
e
this
ka
hab
n'dja
stop
Potave.
Ponte.Tavares
He told me that this car used to stop at Ponte Tavares.
French:
Il m'a dit que cette voiture s'arrêtait à Ponte Tavares.
Comment:
Ma
is the usual complementizer used to head object clauses;
ya
could also be used here.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Maurer 1995
: 112
Language:
Angolar
by
Philippe Maurer
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer consists of ‘say’ plus some other marker
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