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Complementizer with verbs of knowing
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Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
Example 39-163:
Yo sabiŋ
ki
el tə fala Liza mem.
Yo
1sg
sab-iŋ
know-
pst
ki
comp
el
3sg
tə
ipfv
.
npst
fal-a
speak-
inf
Liza
Liza
mem.
emph
I knew that he would say LIZA.
Source:
Cardoso 2009
: 135
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Diu Indo-Portuguese
by
Hugo C. Cardoso
cite
Language:
Diu Indo-Portuguese
Feature:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing
Source:
Cardoso 2009
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