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Example 41-150
nikara falaa jafalaatu noos mee rebekaantu jalaraa tem
nikara
neg
.
imp
falaa
quot
jaa-falaa-tu
pst
-say-
pfv
noos
1pl
mee
foc
rebekaa-ntu
Rebecca-
loc
jaa-laraa
pst
-leave
tem
prs
.be
Saying "Don't [go to the convent]" it was we who took left [her] at Rebecca's.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 5273
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
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