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Example 56-191
Mon kroir ou en pé fatige.
Mon
1sg
krwar
think
ou
2sg
en
a
pe
little.bit
fatige.
tired
I think you are a little bit tired.
French:
Je crois qu tu es un peu fatiguée aujourd'hui. (Michaelis 1993: 119)
Comment:
This example is taken from an unpublished theatre play by Antoine Abel (*1934),
Restan kamira
(1980).
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Michaelis 1993
: 119
Language:
Seychelles Creole
by
Susanne Maria Michaelis
and
Marcel Rosalie
cite
Datapoints:
Complements of 'think' and 'want': Only 'think' complement has a complementizer
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