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Complementizer with verbs of knowing
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Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
Example 57-96:
ma kone
ke
ta vja nde la-mba
ma
1sg
kone
know
ke
comp
ta
2sg
vja
come
nde
from
la-mba
there
I know that you come from over there.
Example 57-159:
ta pa kone
ke
se mater pu peti-la?
ta
2sg
pa
neg
kone
know
ke
comp
se
presv
mater
mother
pu
prep
peti-la?
small-
dem
/
def
Don't you know that she is the mother of the small child?
Source:
Ehrhart 1993
: 199
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Tayo
by
Sabine Ehrhart
and
Melanie Revis
cite
Language:
Tayo
Feature:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing
Source:
own knowledge Ehrhart
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