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Example 55-175
mo ti dir ki li ena rezoṅ
mo
1sg
ti
pst
dir
say
ki
that
li
3sg
ena
have
rezoṅ
right
I said that she was right.
Comment:
Ki
is more often omitted in the spoken language.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Mauritian Creole
by
Philip Baker
and
Sibylle Kriegel
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
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