Datapoint Nigerian Pidgin/Complements of 'think' and 'want'

While both tink ‘think’ and want ‘want’ take se as a complementizer, the object clause that follows tink is in the indicative, while the object clause that follows want is in the subjunctive.

Values

Identical complementizer

Example 17-170:
À tink se dè̱m go tawn.
À
1sg.sbj
tink
think
se
comp
dè̱m
3pl.sbj
go
go
tawn.
town
I think that they went to town.

Source: Faraclas 1996: 213

Example 17-171:
À want se mek dè̱m go tawn.
À
1sg.sbj
want
want
se
comp
mek
sbjv
dè̱m
3pl.sbj
go
go
tawn.
town
I want them to go to town.

Source: Faraclas 1996: 213

Confidence:
Very certain