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Complements of 'think' and 'want'
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Different complementizer
Example 35-218:
Manse kunda
kuma
mina môlê.
Manse
foreigner
kunda
think
kuma
comp
mina
girl
môlê.
die
The foreigner thought that the girl had died.
Example 35-219:
N mêsê
pa
men jê mina awa se da anzu se.
N
1sg
mêsê
want
pa
comp
men
mother
jê
fetch
mina
little
awa
water
se
dem
da
give
anzu
baby
se.
dem
I want the mother to fetch a little bit of water for the baby.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Santome
by
Tjerk Hagemeijer
cite
Language:
Santome
Feature:
Complements of 'think' and 'want'
Source:
Hagemeijer 2007
: 178
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