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Complementizer with verbs of knowing
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Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’
Example 4-164:
Mi sabi kaba
taki
a libi fu den taanga.
Mi
I
sabi
know
kaba
already
taki
say
a
det
.
sg
libi
life
fu
poss
den
them
taanga.
difficult
I already know that their life is difficult.
Source:
Goury and Migge 2003
: 157
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Nengee
by
Bettina Migge
cite
Language:
Nengee
Feature:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing
Source:
Goury and Migge 2003
: 157
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