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Example 40-130
Elo sab
ki
yo lə ʋi.
Elo
They
sab
know
ki
comp
yo
1sg
lə
fut
ʋi.
come
They know that I will come.
Comment:
Occasionally, one finds a double COMP, as in:
Elo sab ki yo lə wi puris.
[they know COMP 1SG FUT come COMP] 'They know that I will come.', see value 4, ex. 129
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Clements 1996
: 183
Language:
Korlai
by
J. Clancy Clements
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing: Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
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