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Example 59-291
mo tene ka na mama ka, mo tene, aa ba ndo ni ake nzoni ape
mo
2sg
tene
say
ka
there
na
prep
mama
mother
ka,
there
mo
2sg
tene,
say
ala
2sg
.
def
ba
see
ndo
place
ni
det
ake
sm
.
cop
nzoni
good
ape
neg
Tell your mother over there that the place is not good.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
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