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Complementizer with verbs of knowing
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Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’ Frequency: 50.0%
Example 9-181:
A wan mek im now
dat
wɛn a gaan dat dey kant du dat.
A
1sg
wan
fut
mek
let
im
3sg
now
know
dat
that
wɛn
when
a
1sg
gaan
gone
dat
that
dey
3sg
kant
can't
du
do
dat.
that
I'll let him know that they can't do that when I'm gone.
Source:
Escure 2004
: 235
Confidence:
Certain
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No complementizer Frequency: 50.0%
Example 9-182:
I me now i hafu paas wan plantedj we wan pu man liv.
I
3sg
me
ant
now
know
i
3sg
hafu
have.to
paas
pass
wan
a
plantedj
plantation
we
where
wan
a
pu
poor
man
man
liv.
live
He knew that he had to pass by a small farm where a poor man lived.
Source:
Escure 1983
: 46
Confidence:
Certain
Language:
Belizean Creole
by
Geneviève Escure
cite
Language:
Belizean Creole
Feature:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing
Source:
Escure 2004
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