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Example 65-137
Я говори, земля работай надо – его не понимай.
Ja gavari, zimlia rabotaj nada, iwo ne panimaj.
Ja
1sg
gavari,
say
zimlia
land
rabotaj
work
nada,
must
iwo
3sg
ne
neg
panimaj.
understand
I tell him that we ought to work the land, but he does not understand it.
Type:
citation in fiction
Source:
Fadeev [1956] 1982
: 230
Language:
Chinese Pidgin Russian
by
Elena Perekhvalskaya
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: No complementizer
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