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Example 59-305
lo (yi) ti pika lo [...]
lo
3sg
(yi)
(want)
ti
to
pika
hit
lo
3sg
[...]
[...]
He wanted to hit him [...].
Comment:
Here we have the verb deleted.
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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