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Example 40-127
yo hal-o ki "irmãʋ, mi kɔs su tɛ."
yo
1sg
hal-o
say-
pst
ki
comp
"irmãʋ,
brother
mi
my
kɔs
back
su
gen
tɛ."
cop
.
prs
I said "brother you are younger than me" (lit. I said "brother you are in back of me").
Comment:
This sentence is from a narrative spoken by Selestin Pey.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Unpublished story
Language:
Korlai
by
J. Clancy Clements
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
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