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Value No complementizer
Language:
Tok Pisin
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking
Examples
Na ol kirap tok, bai ol wokim pati blo mitupla.
Na
and
ol
3pl
kirap
start
tok
talk
bai
fut
ol
3pl
wok-im
work-
tr
pati
party
blo
for
mitupla.
1du
.
excl
And they said they would make a party for the two of us.
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: 17 year old girl, Eastern Highlands
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