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Example 40-126
Lʋidz hal-o el lə ʋi amya.
Lʋidz
Lwidz
hal-o
say-
pst
el
3sg
lə
fut
ʋi
come
amya.
tomorrow
Lwidz said he would come tomorrow.
Comment:
Occasionally, the complementizers
ki
and
puris
are omitted, the result of which is this sentence.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Clements 1996
: 183
Language:
Korlai
by
J. Clancy Clements
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: No complementizer
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