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Complementizer with verbs of knowing
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Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
Example 38-177:
Fo desyise nge tudu sé
fa
bibi na sa patu d'ogó-f.
Fo
since
desyi-sai
day-
dem
nge
person
tudu
all
sé
know
fa
say
bibi
bibi
na
neg
sa
be
patu
bird
de-ogó-f.
of-jungle-
neg
Since then everybody knows that bibi is not a jungle bird.
Source:
Creus and Brunat 1992
Example 38-178:
M’ kele
fa
i ske bi odyiai.
Amu
1sg
kele
think
fa
speak
eli
3sg
ske
irr
bi
come
odyia-ai.
today-
adv
I think that he will come today.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Fa d’Ambô
by
Marike Post
cite
Language:
Fa d’Ambô
Feature:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing
Source:
Own fieldwork
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