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Example 59-295
ago tene na Susu ni atene [...]
a-gwe
pm
-go
a-tene
pm
-say
na
prep
Susu
Fish
ni
det
a-tene
pm
-say
[...]
[...]
He then said to the Fish [...].
Comment:
This is from a traditional tale.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Samarin corpus 1994
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
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