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Example 60-135
alobákí
te
mbúla ekobéta
a-lob-ákí
3sg
-say-
pst
te
comp
mbúla
rain
e-ko-bét-a
3sg
-
fut
-hit-
fv
She said that it was going to rain.
Comment:
FV = Final vowel; it has no specific grammatical meaning, but ensures the phonologically canonical consonant-vowel structure on forms such as the infinitive, the subjunctive and the future.
Type:
constructed by near-native speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Lingala
by
Michael Meeuwis
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
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