Value No complementizer

Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing
References
Huber 1999: 188-190

Examples

  1. demɔkrasi wì tiŋk se ì bi bad tin; nɔt no ì bi gud
    demɔkrasi
    democracy
    wì
    1pl
    tiŋk
    think
    se
    comp
    ì
    3sg
    bi
    cop
    bad
    bad
    tin;
    thing
    nɔt
    neg
    no
    know
    Ø
    Ø
    ì
    3sg
    bi
    cop
    gud
    good
    We thought that democracy was a bad thing. (We did) not know that it was good.