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Complements of 'think' and 'want'
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Only 'think' complement has a complementizer
Example 22-170:
Mama blongen i laik bai em go bek.
Mama
mother
blong-en
poss
-
3sg
i
pm
laik
like
bai
fut
em
3sg
go
go
bek.
back
Her mother wanted her to go back.
Source:
nd
: 15 year old girl, West new Britain
Example 22-171:
Mipla ting
olsem
em bai givim mipla hat fanishment nau.
Mipla
1pl
.
excl
ting
think
olsem
comp
em
3sg
bai
fut
givim
give.
tr
mipla
1pl
.
excl
hat
hard
fanishment
punishment
nau.
now
We thought that he would give us hard punishment now.
Source:
nd
: 16 year old girl, Manus
Confidence:
Intermediate
Language:
Tok Pisin
by
Geoff P. Smith
and
Jeff Siegel
cite
Language:
Tok Pisin
Feature:
Complements of 'think' and 'want'
Source:
Own knowledge
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