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Complementizer with verbs of knowing
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Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’ Frequency: 50.0%
Example 56-185:
Mon konnen
ki
zot pe donn zot maksimonm.
Mon
1sg
konnen
know
ki
comp
zot
2pl
pe
prog
donn
give
zot
poss
.
2pl
maksimonm.
maximum
I know that you give your maximum.
Confidence:
Very certain
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No complementizer Frequency: 50.0%
Example 56-189:
(...) dan tou sa ki nou fer mon konnen Seselwa i annan sa kapasite pour fer li byen (...)
(...)
(...)
dan
in
tou
all
sa
dem
ki
rel
nou
1pl
fer
make
mon
1sg
konnen
know
Seselwa
Seychellois
i
pm
annan
have
sa
dem
kapasite
capacity
pour
for
fer
make
li
it
byen
good
(...)
(...)
(...) in everything that we do, I know that the Seychelles people have this capacity to make it good (...)
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Seychelles Creole
by
Susanne Maria Michaelis
and
Marcel Rosalie
cite
Language:
Seychelles Creole (written)
Feature:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing
Source:
Own knowledge
Kriegel 2004
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