Value The complement subject is left implicit

Language:
Early Sranan
Parameter:
‘Want’ complement subjects

Examples

  1. Hem srefi no wanni go.
    Ensrefi
    3sg.intens
    no
    neg
    wani
    want
    go.
    go
    He himself doesn't want to go.
    German: Er selbst will nicht gehen. [op.cit.]

    See Schumann 1783: 165

  2. Da mastra a za wandi fo slibi nanga mi na netti.
    Da
    det.sg
    masra
    master
    a
    3sg.sbj
    sa
    fut
    wani
    want
    fo
    to
    sribi
    sleep
    nanga
    with
    mi
    1sg
    na
    at
    neti.
    night
    The master, he will want to sleep with me in the night.
    Dutch: De Meester zel van Nagt by myn willen Slaapen. [op.cit.]

    See van Dyk ca. 1765: 64