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Example 59-303
ai (ti) tene
a-yi
pm
-want
(ti)
(to)
tene
say
he/she wants to say
Comment:
This is an example of the same construction in abbreviated form among young people.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Samarin corpus 1994
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
‘Want’ complement subjects: The complement subject is left implicit
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