Datapoint Sango/Complements of 'think' and 'want'

This would amount to there being a zero complementizer. Titene seems to be an innovation in Sango, based on ti, probably the connective 'of', and the verb tene 'say'.

Values

Identical complementizer

Example 59-62:
mbi lingbi titene, mbi diko ahunzi pepe
mbi
1sg
lingbi
able
titene,
so.that
mbi
1sg
diko
count
ahunzi
sm.be.finished
pepe
neg
I can't say that I have listed everything completely.
Example 59-307:
mbi yi titene ala ngba na ndo so
mbi
1sg
yi
want
titene
that
ala
3pl
ngba
remain
na
prep
ndo
place
so
dem
I want them to remain here.
Example 59-308:
mbi yi ala ngba na ndo so pepe
mbi
1sg
yi
want
ala
3pl
ngba
remain
na
prep
ndo
place
so
dem
pepe
neg
I don't want them to remain here.

Source: Samarin 1967: 212

Example 59-309:
mbi hunda na ala kwe titene ala sara mbeti ti ala
mbi
1sg
hunda
ask
na
prep
ala
2pl
kwe
all
titene
that
ala
2pl
sara
do
mbeti
paper
ti
of
ala
2pl
I ask you all to write (your letters).
Example 59-310:
mbi baa mbi tene ala ke ga kekereke
mbi
1sg
baa
see
mbi
1sg
tene
say
ala
3pl
ke
cop
ga
come
kekereke
tomorrow
I think that they'll come tomorrow.
Example 59-311:
mo yi atene ni sara na lo yi so biri ni sara na kozo ti lo?
mo
2sg
yi
want
atene
sm.say
ni
1sg.log
sara
do
na
prep
lo
3sg
yi
thing
so
rel
biri
yesterday
ni
1sg.log
sara
do
na
prep
kozo
first
ti
of
lo?
3sg
Do you want that I do to him what I did yesterday to his elder?

Source: nd

Example 59-312:
mbi hunda na ala kwe titene ala sara mbeti ti ala
mbi
1sg
hunda
ask
na
prep
ala
2pl
kwe
all
titene
that
ala
2pl
sara
make
mbeti
paper
ti
of
ala
2pl
I ask you all to write letters.

Source: Samarin 1967: 123

Confidence:
Very certain