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Example 68-119
De mau de pung ana pulang.
De
3sg
mau
want
de
3sg
pung
poss
ana
child
pulang.
go.home
She wants her son to go home.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Ambon Malay
by
Scott Paauw
cite
Datapoints:
Present reference of stative verbs and past perfective reference of dynamic verbs: Stative verbs with present reference and dynamic verbs with past perfective reference are both unmarked
Complements of 'think' and 'want': Only 'think' complement has a complementizer
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