Datapoint Principense/Complementizer with verbs of knowing

Values

Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’ Frequency: 70.0%

Example 37-166:
[...] jingantxi n'umatu sêbê ya Mene bii poto.
[...]
[...]
jingantxi
giant
na
loc
umatu
bushes
sêbê
know
ya
comp
Mene
Mene
bii
open
poto.
door
[...] the giant in the bushes knew that Mene had opened the door.
Confidence:
Very certain

No complementizer Frequency: 30.0%

Example 37-167:
[...] pa ê podi sêbê a sa ke foka li.
[...]
[...]
pa
purp
ê
3sg
podi
can
sêbê
know
a
indf
sa
prog
ke
ipfv.go
foka
hang
li.
3sg
[…] for him to know that they were going to hang him.

Source: Günther 1973: 124

Confidence:
Very certain