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Complements of 'think' and 'want'
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Only 'think' complement has a complementizer
Example 10-227:
Mi tink
se
da wan gud ting.
Mi
1sg
tink
think
se
comp
da
dem
wan
art
.
indf
gud
good
ting.
thing
I think that's a good thing.
Example 10-228:
Ihn waahn evribady
fi
get hapi.
Ihn
3sg
waahn
want
evri-bady
every-body
fi
comp
get
get
hapi.
happy
He wants everybody to become happy.
Source:
Bartens 2003
: 103
Example 10-229:
Ihn waahn ihn vais fi kom fain.
Ihn
3sg
waahn
want
ihn
3sg
.
poss
vais
voice
fi
comp
kom
come
fain.
fine
He wanted his voice to sound nice.
Example 10-230:
Ihn tink se ihn son de huom.
Ihn
3sg
tink
think
se
comp
ihn
3sg
.
poss
son
son
de
cop
.
loc
huom.
home
She thinks that her son is at home.
Example 10-231:
Ihn waahn ihn son fi stan huom.
Ihn
3sg
waahn
want
ihn
3sg
.
poss
son
son
fi
comp
stan
stand
huom.
home
She wants her son to stay at home.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
San Andres Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Language:
San Andres Creole English
Feature:
Complements of 'think' and 'want'
Source:
Own knowledge
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