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Example 64-194
biníya de ma biárufu
gále
jamá de gekabasu úo
biníya
girl
de
dem
.
prox
ma
neg
bi=árufu
irr
=know
gále
say
jamá
group
de
dem
.
prox
ge=kabasu
prog
=betray
úo
3sg
The girl doesn’t know that they betray her.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Miller 2001
: 470
Language:
Juba Arabic
by
Stefano Manfredi
and
Sara Petrollino
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing: Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
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