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Language:
Guyanais
Parameter:
Complements of 'think' and 'want'
Examples
Marie vlé pati
Marie
Mary
vlé
want
pati
leave
Mary wants to go.
Marie krè so frè pati
Marie
Mary
krè
believe
so
her
frè
brother
pati
leave
Mary believes (that) her brother has left.
i lé so fis vini lakaz
i
she
lé
wants
so
her
fis
son
vini
come
lakaz
home
She wants her son to come home.
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