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Example 68-113
Bilang kang par dia,
kata
tado-tado sadiki.
Bilang
tell
kang
3sg
.
n
par
to
dia,
3sg
kata
comp
tado~tado
quiet~quiet
sadiki.
little
Tell it to him, that [he should be] quiet a bit.
Comment:
The complementizer
kata
means 'word'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
van Minde 1997
: 291
Language:
Ambon Malay
by
Scott Paauw
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
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