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Example 51-160
Man lé i pwopté chanm-li.
Man
1sg
lé
want
i
3sg
pwopté
clean
chanm-li.
room-
3sg
I want him to clean his room.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own fieldwork
Language:
Martinican Creole
by
Serge Colot
and
Ralph Ludwig
cite
Datapoints:
Complements of 'think' and 'want': No complementizer
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