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Complementizer with verbs of knowing
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Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
Example 10-224:
Unu nuo
se
dehn kaal mi?
Unu
2pl
nuo
know
se
comp
dehn
3pl
kaal
call
mi?
1sg
Did you know they called for me?
Example 10-225:
An di daata nuo
se
da neva ihn muma.
An
and
di
art
.
def
daata
daughter
nuo
know
se
comp
da
foc
neva
neg
.
pst
ihn
3sg
.
poss
muma.
mother
And the daughter knew that it wasn’t her mother.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
San Andres Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Language:
San Andres Creole English
Feature:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing
Source:
Bartens 2003
: 122
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