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Example 59-299
mbi ma tongana mo mu koli ape?
mbi
1sg
ma
hear
tongana
like
mo
2sg
mu
take
koli
man
ape?
neg
Haven't I heard that you got married?
Comment:
Tongana
, whose meaning is usually 'when, like, as,' is being used as a complementizer. I can't affirm that this is commonly used.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Samarin 1967
: 212
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing: Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
'Hear' and 'smell': Identity
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