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Chinese Pidgin Russian
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Complements of 'think' and 'want'
In both cases no complementizer is used.
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No complementizer
Example 65-143:
Моя думай, его обмани хочу.
Moja dumaj, iwo abmani xoʧu.
Moja
1sg
dumaj,
think
iwo
3sg
abmani
deceive
xoʧu.
want
I think he wants to deceive us.
Source:
Arsen’ev 1949
: 287
Example 65-144:
Моя не хочу рубашка гори.
Moja ne xoʧu rubashka gori.
Moja
1sg
ne
neg
xoʧu
want
rubashka
shirt
gori.
burn
I do not want my shirt to burn down.
Source:
Arsen’ev 1949
: 276
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Chinese Pidgin Russian
by
Elena Perekhvalskaya
cite
Language:
Chinese Pidgin Russian
Feature:
Complements of 'think' and 'want'
Source:
Own data
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