Datapoint Yimas-Arafundi Pidgin/Complementizer with verbs of speaking

Values

Complementizer consists of ‘say’ plus some other marker

Example 69-68:
mən ama namban mariakənan patn awrikən mariak
mən
3sg
ama
1sg
namban
dat
mariakə-nan
say-nfut
patn
betelnut
awri-kən
get-poss?
maria-k
say-irr
He told me to get betelnut.
Confidence:
Intermediate