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Example 53-366
To te vepa li kone.
To
2sg
te
pst
vepa
not.want
li
3sg
kone.
know
You didn't want him to know.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Neumann 1985
: 368
Language:
Louisiana Creole
by
Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh
and
Thomas A. Klingler
cite
Datapoints:
Complements of 'think' and 'want': Only 'want' complement has a complementizer
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