Datapoint Reunion Creole/Complements of 'think' and 'want'

Both 'Think’ and 'Want' occur with complementizer k(e) but apparently more often without overt complementizer.

Values

Identical complementizer

Example 54-210:
Mi krwa k li lé fu.
Mi
1sg.fin
krwa
think
k
comp
li
3sg
le
cop.prs
fou.
mad
I think that he is mad.
French: Je crois qu’il est fou.

Source: Chaudenson 1974: 379

Example 54-211:
Mi vé ke ou sa rod amoin in pé de lo la poin grenouy.
Mi
1sg.fin
ve
want
kë
comp
ou
2sg
sa
go
rod
search
amwen
obl.1sg
enpe
some
dë
PARTITIVE
lo
water
Ø
Ø
la
has
pwen
neg
grënouy.
frog
I want you to go and get me some water without frogs.
French: Je veux que tu ailles chercher pour moi un peu d'eau qui n'a point de grenouilles.

Source: Barat et al. 1977: 19

Example 54-212:
[...] li kroi son garson fini ariv laba.
[...]
[...]
li
3sg
krwa
think
son
poss.3sg
garson
son
fini
prf
ariv
arrive
laba.
over.there
[...] he thinks that his son has arrived over there.
French: [...] il croit que son fils est arrivé là-bas.

Source: Barat et al. 1977: 21

Example 54-213:
[...] mi vé pa ou i dékouvr marmit kan moin la pa la, in!
[...]
[...]
mi
1sg.fin
ve
want
pa
neg
ou
2sg
i
fin
dekouv
uncover
marmit
pot
kan
when
mwen
1sg
la
cop
pa
neg
la,
there
en!
interj
[...] I do not want you to open the pot when I'm not there, eh!
French: [...] je ne veux pas que tu découvres la marmite quand je ne suis pas là, hein!

Source: Barat et al. 1977: 44

Confidence:
Certain