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Example 63-178
íta gi-kélem
gáli
saharó
íta
2sg
gi-kélem
tam
-say
gáli
say
saharó
bewitch.
pass
You say that he has been bewitched.
Comment:
This construction is used in the Kinubi variety used in Uganda.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Luffin 2005
: 369
Language:
Kinubi
by
Xavier Luffin
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
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