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Value Different complementizer
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
Parameter:
Complements of 'think' and 'want'
References
Quint 2000
: 210
Examples
N ka txomá-u, pamodi N pensa
ma
bu stába kansádu!
N=ka=txomá=u,
1sg
=
neg
=call=
2sg
pamodi
because
N=pensa
1sg
=think
ma=bu=stá-ba
comp
=
2sg
=be-
ant
kansádu!
tired
I didn't call you because I thought you were tired!
German:
Ich habe dich nicht gerufen, weil ich glaubte, du seist müde!
See
da Silva 1987
: 213
Ago, N kre
pa
nhos po-m na skóla!
Ago,
now
N=kre
1sg
=want
pa=nhos=po=m
for=
2pl
=put=
1sg
na=skóla!
into=school
Now I want you to put me in school!
German:
Jetzt möchte ich, dass ihr mich in die Schule steckt!
See
da Silva 1987
: 109
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