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Example 49-297
M vle tounen lakay.
M
1sg
vle
want
tounen
come.back
lakay.
house
I want to go back home.
French:
Je veux rentrer à la maison.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Datapoints:
Motion-to and motion-from: Identity
‘Want’ complement subjects: The complement subject is left implicit
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