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‘Want’ complement subjects
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The complement subject is left implicit
Example 10-226:
An den dehn waahn kil Beda Naansi.
An
and
den
then
dehn
3pl
waahn
want
kil
kill
Beda
Brother
Naansi.
Anansi
And then they wanted to kill Brother Anansi.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
San Andres Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Language:
San Andres Creole English
Feature:
‘Want’ complement subjects
Source:
Own knowledge
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