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Example 64-28
úmon gále íta gerówa ámulu ʃenú wa ána kélim galé ánna kan gerówa iʃtéri bagarát
úmon
3pl
gále
say
íta
2sg
ge=rówa
prog
=go
ámulu
do
ʃenú
what
wa
and
ána
1sg
kélim
speak
galé
say
ánna
1pl
kan
ant
ge=rówa
prog
=go
iʃtéri
buy
bagar-át
cow-
pl
They said: What are you going to do? And I answered that we were going to buy some cows.
Comment:
In this example
kélim
'speak' is followed by the complementizer
gále.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Manfredi 2005
: 192
Language:
Juba Arabic
by
Stefano Manfredi
and
Sara Petrollino
cite
Datapoints:
Inclusive/exclusive distinction in independent personal pronouns: No inclusive/exclusive distinction
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
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