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Example 64-193
fi nas bifékir
ínu
ma kwes rája be ída áʃara
fi
exist
nas
people
bi=fékir
irr
=think
ínu
comp
ma
neg
kwes
good
rája
come.back
be
with
ída
hand
áʃara
ten
There are people who think that it’s not good to come back empty-handed.
Comment:
In this sentence the verb 'think' is followed by the complementizer
ínu.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Manfredi 2005
: 193
Language:
Juba Arabic
by
Stefano Manfredi
and
Sara Petrollino
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing: Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
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