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Example 62-45
tetúílíye ité héló vahé védíye iʔí.
te-tú-ila-íye
neg
-
1pl
-know-
prf
ité
in.order.to
hé-lo
16-have
vahe
people
vé-di-ye
2-stay-
opt
iʔí
here
We didn't know that there were people staying here.
Comment:
The complementizer is /ite/, which requires an optative verb form in the subordinate clause
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own field data 1993
Language:
Mixed Ma’a/Mbugu
by
Maarten Mous
cite
Datapoints:
The prohibitive: Special imperative construction and special negator
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Identity
Complementizer with verbs of knowing: Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
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