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Example 69-68
mən ama namban mariakənan patn awrikən mariak
mən
3sg
ama
1sg
namban
dat
mariakə-nan
say-
nfut
patn
betelnut
awri-kən
get-
poss
?
maria-k
say-
irr
He told me to get betelnut.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Own field notes 1985
Language:
Yimas-Arafundi Pidgin
by
William A. Foley
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer consists of ‘say’ plus some other marker
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