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Example 55-179
zot kone li en pe eṅsinifyaṅ li koṅtaṅ kriye
zot
3pl
kone
know
Ø
Ø
li
3sg
en
a
pe
bit
eṅsinifyaṅ
annoying
li
3sg
koṅtaṅ
like
kriye
cry
They know that he is quite an annoying person, he likes to cry.
French:
Ils savent qu'il est un peu agaçant, il aime crier.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Kriegel 1996
Language:
Mauritian Creole
by
Philip Baker
and
Sibylle Kriegel
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing: No complementizer
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