Example 41-88

eev talembraa aka tɛɛrantu aka nuntem
eev
1sg
ta-lembraa
prs-think
[aka
[that
tɛɛra-ntu
country-loc
aka
that
nun-teem]
neg-be]
I think they don't have it [okra] in that country [Portugal].
Comment:
The absence of the quotative particle is unusual.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Smith 1974-5: 1617