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Example 73-100
pegashka dizin dizindu ke boskunaga ke boskunallacha komingichi
pega-shka
hit-
nmlz
.
pst
dizi-n
say-3
dizi-ndu
say-
subord
ke
that
bos-kuna-ga
2sg
-
pl
-
top
ke
that
bos-kuna-lla-cha
2sg
-
pl
-
delim
-
dub
komi-ngichi
eat-
imp
.
2pl
They say he hit them saying that you, that you just eat.
Comment:
-shka
is a nominalizer marking realized actions.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Muysken 1997
: 400
Language:
Media Lengua
by
Pieter Muysken
cite
Datapoints:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking: Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
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