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Example 36-135
Ê1 mêthê
p
’ê1
m’me ũa kwa rosi.
Ê
3sg
mêthê
want
pa
that
ê
3sg
m'me
eat
ũa
one
kwa
thing
rosi.
sweet
He wants to eat something sweet.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Own fieldwork data 2008
Language:
Angolar
by
Philippe Maurer
cite
Datapoints:
‘Want’ complement subjects: The complement subject is expressed overtly
Complements of 'think' and 'want': Different complementizer
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