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Example 59-308
mbi yi ala ngba na ndo so pepe
mbi
1sg
yi
want
ala
3pl
ngba
remain
na
prep
ndo
place
so
dem
pepe
neg
I don't want them to remain here.
Comment:
Because a source is not indicated in Samarin (1967: 212), this may have been elicited from my Central African assistant.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Samarin 1967
: 212
Language:
Sango
by
William J. Samarin
cite
Datapoints:
Complements of 'think' and 'want': Identical complementizer
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