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Language:
Belizean Creole
Parameter:
Complements of 'think' and 'want'
References
Escure 1997
Examples
A tiŋk i se i wuda me wan kos ina akawntin.
A
1sg
tiŋk
think
i
3sg
se
say
i
3sg
wuda
would
me
ant
wan
want
kos
course
ina
in
akawntin.
accounting
I think that he says that he would have wanted to take an accounting course.
See
Escure 1997
: 48
Yu no wan a pul wan fu yu?
Yu
2sg
no
neg
wan
want
a
1sg
pul
pull
wan
one
fu
for
yu?
you
Don't you want me to get one for you?
See
Escure 1992
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