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Example 38-177
Fo desyise nge tudu sé
fa
bibi na sa patu d'ogó-f.
Fo
since
desyi-sai
day-
dem
nge
person
tudu
all
sé
know
fa
say
bibi
bibi
na
neg
sa
be
patu
bird
de-ogó-f.
of-jungle-
neg
Since then everybody knows that bibi is not a jungle bird.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Creus and Brunat 1992
Language:
Fa d’Ambô
by
Marike Post
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing: Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
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