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Example 54-208
La fam i koné li la per.
La
def
fanm
woman
i
fin
kone
know
Ø
Ø
li
3sg
.
fin
la
have
per.
fear
The woman knows that he is afraid.
French:
La femme sait qu'il a peur.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Barat et al. 1977
: 63
Language:
Reunion Creole
by
Annegret Bollée
cite
Datapoints:
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs: Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are marked differently
Complementizer with verbs of knowing: No complementizer
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