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Example 5-169
yu naa noo eniibadii kyan kom kom nak yu dong de?
yu
2sg
naa
neg
noo
know
eniibadii
anybody
kyan
mod
kom
come
kom
come
nak
knock
yu
2sg
dong
down
de?
there
Don't you know that anybody can come and knock you down there?
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Creolese
by
Hubert Devonish
and
Dahlia Thompson
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing: No complementizer
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