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Value No complementizer
Language:
Mixed Ma’a/Mbugu
Parameter:
Complements of 'think' and 'want'
Examples
sidúmu kuká
si-dumu
1sg
:
neg
-want
ku-ka
15-leave
I don't want to leave.
áatotí kuhé mjini
é-áa-toti
3sg
-
pst
-think
ku-he
15-arrive
mjini
in:town
He thinks of going to town.
nitotó une?á hú i?alú
ni-toto
1sg
-think
u-ne-?a
2sg
-
fut
-eat
ú
this
i?alu
sheep
I think you'll eat a sheep.
badáaye kupata mateso véedumúye níháka i'í
badáaye
after
ku-pata
15-get
mateso
6:problems
v-ée-dumú-ye
2-
pst
-want-
prf
ní-há-ka
1sg
:
sbj
-
obj
.16-leave
i'í
here
After getting problems, they wanted me to leave here.
See
Mous 2003
: 128
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