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‘Want’ complement subjects
The desiderative is expressed by future tense marking plus the adposition namban with a verb stem.
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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
Language:
Yimas-Arafundi Pidgin
by
William A. Foley
cite
Language:
Yimas-Arafundi Pidgin
Feature:
‘Want’ complement subjects
Source:
Own field notes 1985
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