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Example 49-296
M vle diri pou
m
manje.
M
1sg
vle
want
diri
rice
pou
for
m
1sg
manje.
eat
It is rice I want to eat. OR: I want to eat rice.
French:
Je veux du riz à manger.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fattier 1998
: vol. 6, p. 121
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Datapoints:
‘Want’ complement subjects: The complement subject is expressed overtly
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