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Example 50-181
Yo di-y konha nou kay bengné nou.
Yo
3pl
di-y
say-
3sg
konha
like.that
nou
1pl
kay
go
bengné
bath
nou.
1pl
They said to him we would take a bath.
French:
Elles lui proposèrent d'aller se baigner. (Ludwig et al. 2001: 109)
Comment:
Konha
is a variant of
konsa
.The complementizer
konha
seems to belong to the register of elder generations.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Ludwig et al. 2001
: 81
Language:
Guadeloupean Creole
by
Serge Colot
and
Ralph Ludwig
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
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