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Complementizer with verbs of knowing
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Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’ Frequency: 70.0%
Example 37-166:
[...] jingantxi n'umatu sêbê
ya
Mene bii poto.
[...]
[...]
jingantxi
giant
na
loc
umatu
bushes
sêbê
know
ya
comp
Mene
Mene
bii
open
poto.
door
[...] the giant in the bushes knew that Mene had opened the door.
Confidence:
Very certain
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No complementizer Frequency: 30.0%
Example 37-167:
[...] pa ê podi sêbê a sa ke foka li.
[...]
[...]
pa
purp
ê
3sg
podi
can
sêbê
know
a
indf
sa
prog
ke
ipfv
.go
foka
hang
li.
3sg
[…] for him to know that they were going to hang him.
Source:
Günther 1973
: 124
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Principense
by
Philippe Maurer
cite
Language:
Principense
Feature:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing
Source:
Maurer 2009
: 160ff.
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