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Example 40-67
Engineer parmi punto ki wɔ ki sab? Yo halo ki yo sab electric welding ani gas welding.
Engineer
engineer
parmi
me
punto
ask.
pst
ki
comp
wɔ
you.
fam
ki
what
sab?
know
Yo
I
halo
say.
pst
ki
comp
yo
I
sab
know
electric
electric
welding
welding
ani
and
gas
gas
welding.
welding
The engineer asked me "What do you know?" I said, "I know how to do electric welding and gas welding."
Comment:
This is taken from a narrative told by Jerome Francis Rosario.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Unpublished story
Language:
Korlai
by
J. Clancy Clements
cite
Datapoints:
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs: Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are marked differently
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
Savvy: A savvy word exists
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