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Example 55-181
Floriz krwar (ki) so garsoṅ lakaz
Floriz
Florise
krwar
think/believe
(ki)
(that)
so
3sg
.
poss
garsoṅ
son
Ø
cop
lakaz
house
Florise thinks (that) her son is at home.
Comment:
The use of the complementizer
ki
is optional but far less common in the spoken language than zero. Mauritian Creole does have a verb
pa
ṅs/e
from Fr.
penser
but it is far less likely to be used than
krwar
< Fr.
croire
in this and similar sentences.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Mauritian Creole
by
Philip Baker
and
Sibylle Kriegel
cite
Datapoints:
Complements of 'think' and 'want': Only 'think' complement has a complementizer
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