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Example 54-209
Li vé rantr son kaz bonn er.
Li
3sg
.
fin
ve
want
rant
go.back
son
poss
.
3sg
kaz
house
bonner.
early
He wants to get back to his house early.
French:
Il veut rentrer tôt à la maison.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Barat et al. 1977
: 13
Language:
Reunion Creole
by
Annegret Bollée
cite
Datapoints:
‘Want’ complement subjects: The complement subject is left implicit
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