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Value The complement subject is left implicit
Language:
Negerhollands
Parameter:
‘Want’ complement subjects
References
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 11-68
Examples
Am mangkḗ fo gi am twaləfhondərt patakón [...].
Am
3sg
mangkḗ
want
fo
for
gi
give
am
3sg
twaləf-hondərt
twelve-hundred
patakón
patacons
[...].
[...]
He wants to give him twelve hundred patacons [...].
See
Josselin de Jong 1926
: 61
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