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Example 41-162
etuspa kapstaayley noos kera mustraa kamfalaa, noos mesprenda
[etus-pa
[
3pl
.
hon
-
dat
kapstaay=ley
cleverness=like
noos
1pl
kera
want/
vol
mustraa
show
kam-falaa],
cond
-say]
noos
1pl
mes-prenda
oblig
-study
If we want to/are going to demonstrate cleverness to them (i.e. the government), we must study.
Comment:
Both desiderative and intentive readings seem possible.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5
: 5218
Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
by
Ian R. Smith
cite
Datapoints:
‘Want’ complement subjects: Desiderative particle
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