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(68) a. Aquesta habitació és per jugar-hi els nens
This room is for to-play-there the children
'This room is for the children to play in it'
b. A l'arribar la Maria, vaig fer-li el dinar
At the to-arrive the M. I cooked-her the meal
'Upon Maria's arrival, I cooked a meal for her'
- Dislocated infinitives (in colloquial Catalan and Spanish):
(69) Anar-hi en Joan, no em sembla pas la solució
To-go-there the J. not me-seems at-all the solution
'John going there, I don't think it's the solution'
Interestingly, Occitan has more or less the same possibilities, but with preverbal subjects:
(70) a. Aquesta cambra es per los dròlles jugar
This room is for the children to play
b. En Joan arribar/arribant, farem lo trabalh
In J. to-come/coming we'll-do the job
(71) a. Joan far tot lo trabalh, m'estonarià.
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J. to-do all the work me-would-surprise
- Non-controlled complement infinitives in Sardinian: 137
137 See Jones (1990).