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Example 55-180
mo 'le ale — mo aṅvi ale
mo
1sg
'le
want
ale
go
—
mo
1sg
aṅvi
want
ale
go
I want to go. — I want to go.
Comment:
'le (< French
vouloir
) and aṅvi (< French
envie
) are interchangeable in most circumstances.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Mauritian Creole
by
Philip Baker
and
Sibylle Kriegel
cite
Datapoints:
‘Want’ complement subjects: The complement subject is left implicit
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