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Example 73-98
kuyigunada enkargachun
zindo
binini
kuyi-guna-da
guinea.pig-
pl
-
acc
enkarga-chun
hand.over-3.
hort
zi-ndo
say-
subord
bini-ni
come-
1sg
I come wanting him to hand over the guinea pigs (to me). OR: I come saying let him hand over the guinea pigs.
Comment:
Zi-ndo
'saying' functions as a purposive subordinator or a quotative complementizer here.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Muysken 1997
: 390
Language:
Media Lengua
by
Pieter Muysken
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