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Language:
Early Sranan
Parameter:
Complements of 'think' and 'want'
References
van den Berg 2007
: 331
Examples
A membre, hem de wan biggisanni.
A
3sg
.
sbj
memre,
think
en
3sg
de
cop
wan
indf
.
sg
bigisani.
big.thing
He thinks he is a big shot.
German:
Er denkt von sich selber, dass er etwas grosses ist. [op.cit.]
See
Schumann 1783
: 65
Mi wandi joe za trom hosse homan na plessi Aurora.
Mi
1sg
wani
want
yu
2sg
sa
fut
tron
become
oso-uma
house-maid
na
loc
presi
place
Aurora.
Aurora
I want you to become housemaid, instead of Aurora (lit. I want that you become housemaid, instead of Aurora).
Dutch:
Ik wil dat je een Huis-Meid word, in plaats van Aurora. [op.cit.]
See
van Dyk ca. 1765
: 65
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