Value No complementizer

Language:
Early Sranan
Parameter:
Complements of 'think' and 'want'
References
van den Berg 2007: 331

Examples

  1. A membre, hem de wan biggisanni.
    A
    3sg.sbj
    memre,
    think
    en
    3sg
    de
    cop
    wan
    indf.sg
    bigisani.
    big.thing
    He thinks he is a big shot.
    German: Er denkt von sich selber, dass er etwas grosses ist. [op.cit.]

    See Schumann 1783: 65

  2. Mi wandi joe za trom hosse homan na plessi Aurora.
    Mi
    1sg
    wani
    want
    yu
    2sg
    sa
    fut
    tron
    become
    oso-uma
    house-maid
    na
    loc
    presi
    place
    Aurora.
    Aurora
    I want you to become housemaid, instead of Aurora (lit. I want that you become housemaid, instead of Aurora).
    Dutch: Ik wil dat je een Huis-Meid word, in plaats van Aurora. [op.cit.]

    See van Dyk ca. 1765: 65