Datapoint Berbice Dutch/Complementizer with verbs of knowing
Nimi is a process verb, more accurately translated as 'acquire knowledge'; it is glossed here and throughout as 'know' for convenience's sake. It usually takes a complement clause introduced by complementizer dati or by a null complementizer. Nimi cannot be considered representative of the larger class of psychological verbs.Thus, verbs which translate as 'forget', 'remember', 'learn' have different complementation preferences from nimi.
Values 
No complementizer
Frequency: 45.5%
- Example 28-163:
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ɛk ni waŋ di man korja kaɛkɛ1sgnimiknowwangawheredithemanmankori-awork-ipfvkanegI don't know where the man was working.
Source: Kouwenberg 1994: 323
- Confidence:
- Very certain
Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
Frequency: 45.5%
- Example 28-162:
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eni nimtɛ datɛk ma kumonangaeni3plnimi-tɛknow-prfdaticompɛkɛ1sgmairrkumucomemonaMonaangalocThey knew that I would come to Mona's.
Source: Kouwenberg 1994: 337
- Confidence:
- Very certain
Complementizer consists of ‘say’ plus some other marker
Frequency: 9.1%
- Example 28-161:
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ɛk ni bi dato jɛ daŋ kanɛ bi mja di laʃɛkaŋɛkɛ1sgnimiknowbisaydaticompo3sgjɛnbedangatherekanɛnegbisaymjamakedithelaʃilashɛkɛ1sgangalocI didn't know that it was there, that (it) was lashing out at me.
Source: Kouwenberg 1994: 337
- Confidence:
- Intermediate