Datapoint Ghanaian Pidgin English/Complementizer with verbs of knowing

Values

Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’ Frequency: 87.5%

Example 16-143:
jù no se nɔmali wì dè bai ʃip [...] kil àm
jù
2sg
no
know
se
comp
nɔmali
normaly
wì
1pl
dè
hab
bai
buy
ʃip
sheep
[...]
[...]
kil
kill
àm
3sg.obj
You know that usually we buy a sheep and kill it.

Source: Huber 1999: 189

Confidence:
Very certain

No complementizer Frequency: 12.5%

Example 16-142:
demɔkrasi wì tiŋk se ì bi bad tin; nɔt no ì bi gud
demɔkrasi
democracy
wì
1pl
tiŋk
think
se
comp
ì
3sg
bi
cop
bad
bad
tin;
thing
nɔt
neg
no
know
Ø
Ø
ì
3sg
bi
cop
gud
good
We thought that democracy was a bad thing. (We did) not know that it was good.
Confidence:
Uncertain