Datapoint Yimas-Arafundi Pidgin/‘Want’ complement subjects

The desiderative is expressed by future tense marking plus the adposition namban with a verb stem.

Values

The complement subject is left implicit

Example 69-69:
ama nan kandək ira namban wan anak
ama
1sg
nan
there
kandək
obl
ira
dance
namban
dat
wa-n
go-fut
anak
cop
I want to go dance over there.
Confidence:
Very certain