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Example 57-158
sa ndi ke la ʃa:ti, fam-la
sa
3pl
ndi
say
ke
comp
la
3sg
ʃa:ti,
nice
fam-la
woman-
dem
/
def
They say that the woman is nice (Lit. They say that she is nice, that woman).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Ehrhart 1993
: 219
Language:
Tayo
by
Sabine Ehrhart
and
Melanie Revis
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
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