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‘Want’ complement subjects
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The complement subject is left implicit
Example 29-193:
Jan wil jou roman lees.
Jan
John
wil
wants
jou
2sg
.
poss
roman
novel
lees.
read.
inf
John wants to read your novel.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Language:
Afrikaans
Feature:
‘Want’ complement subjects
Source:
Own knowledge
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