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Value No complementizer
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking
References
Lang et al. 2012
Examples
Fládu tudu algen ki ben li, nhu ta máta [...].
Flá-du
say-
pass
tudu
all
algen
somebody
ki=ben
comp
=come
li,
here
nhu=ta=máta
2sg
.
pol
.
m
=
ipfv
=kill
[...].
[...]
It is said that you kill everyone who comes here [...].
German:
Man sagt, dass Sie alle umbringen, die hierherkommen [...].
See
da Silva 1987
: 221
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