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Complementizer with verbs of knowing
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Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
Example 18-151:
Robert sabi
se
Mary bin sik.
Robert
Robert
sabi
know
se
comp
Mary
Mary
bin
pst
sik.
sick
Robert knows that Mary was ill.
Source:
nd
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Cameroon Pidgin English
by
Anne Schröder
cite
Language:
Cameroon Pidgin English
Feature:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing
Source:
Escure n.d.
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