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Example 61-105
Yena funa lo dodan ga yena ga buya khaya.
Yena
she
funa
wants
lo
art
dodan
son
ga
poss
yena
she
ga
inf
buya
come
khaya.
home
She wants her son to come home.
Comment:
There is no complementizer equivalent to 'that'; the subordinate clause is non-finite, indicated by the infinitive
ga
.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Fanakalo
by
Rajend Mesthrie
cite
Datapoints:
Complements of 'think' and 'want': No complementizer
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