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Guinea-Bissau Kriyol
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Complementizer with verbs of speaking
See Jürgen Lang's comment (Feature 95) on kuma and ma in Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago.
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Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
Example 33-186:
N fala u
kuma
n tciga.
N
1sg
fala
say.
pst
u
2sg
kuma
comp
n
1sg
tciga.
arrive.
pst
I told you that I arrived.
Portuguese:
Eu disse-te que cheguei.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Guinea-Bissau Kriyol
by
Incanha Intumbo
and
Liliana Inverno
and
John Holm
cite
Language:
Guinea-Bissau Kriyol
Feature:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking
Source:
Own knowledge
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