tea1 complementiser

Part of Speech conj
Variant Form(s) ta
Morphology tea
Gloss COMPL1
    • complementiser
      • grammar
      • Comment The complementiser <tea> is used, when the subject of the complement clause is the same as the subject of the superordinate clause.
      • Example 1628:
        Goe tea naabu, sahata!
        Don't be scared, my dear!
        Source: Aro 03E(Eno) 048
      • Example 7408:
        Evehee, enaa na nata nom tea paku a taba vai, o sinivi.
        But I know to make this thing, the canoe. ,
        Source: San 02R 030
      • Example 7409:
        ... ei kou na hiki to sinivi, na toku rori tea paku sinivi.
        ... because (they) did not have a canoe, they did not know to make canoes.
        Source: San 02R 008

Related entries

  • See also:
    • nata1 know how to do something; know what is happening; understand something
    • ta6 short form of <tea> introducing verbal complements
    • toku tea not know how to do something
    • goe1 not want; not like; dislike
    • goe2 don't (negated imperative)
    • mee3 be about to do something
    • mene3 for (introduces a purposive clause without subject and tense, aspect or mood marking)
    • tokutoku tea ... not know how to do something