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Example 67-199
Ah dua olang dia cakap mao lawan siapa busat ah siapa busat.
Ah
pcl
dua
two
olang
person
dia
3sg
cakap
speak
mao
want
lawan
fight
siapa
who
busat
big
ah
q
siapa
who
busat.
big
These two, they said they wanted to fight (compete) [to find out] who was bigger.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Aye 2005
: 385
Language:
Singapore Bazaar Malay
by
Khin Khin Aye
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: No complementizer
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