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Value No complementizer
Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing
Examples
Ai nomo bin jabi yu bin go, Nangari.
Ai
1sg
nomo
neg
bin
pst
jabi
know
yu
2sg
bin
pst
go,
go
Nangari.
Nangari
I didn’t know that you went away, Nangari.
Yu no wijei im go.
Yu
2sg
no
know
wij-ei
which-
dir
im
3sg
go.
go
You know where he goes.
Im sabi fait bek dijan.
Im
3sg
sabi
know
fait
fight
bek
back
dijan.
prox
:
adj
He knows how to fight back.
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