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Example 69-69
ama nan kandək ira namban wan anak
ama
1sg
nan
there
kandək
obl
ira
dance
namban
dat
wa-n
go-
fut
anak
cop
I want to go dance over there.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Own field notes 1985
Language:
Yimas-Arafundi Pidgin
by
William A. Foley
cite
Datapoints:
‘Want’ complement subjects: The complement subject is left implicit
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