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Value The complement subject is left implicit
Language:
Sango
Parameter:
‘Want’ complement subjects
References
Samarin 1967
: 117ff
Examples
tona mo yi ti te [...]
tongana
if
mo
2sg
yi
want
ti
of
te
eat
[...]
[...]
If you want to eat [...].
ai (ti) tene
a-yi
pm
-want
(ti)
(to)
tene
say
he/she wants to say
(mo) i (yi) ti baa so [...]
(mo)
(
2sg
)
yi
want
ti
to
baa
see
so
thus
[...]
[...]
and then [...]
lo (yi) ti pika lo [...]
lo
3sg
(yi)
(want)
ti
to
pika
hit
lo
3sg
[...]
[...]
He wanted to hit him [...].
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