Value No complementizer

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking

Examples

  1. "Wal ai gin trai." Imin lagijat la olabat.
    "Wal
    well
    ai
    1sg
    gin
    can
    trai."
    try
    Im=in
    3sg=pst
    lagijat
    like.that
    la
    loc
    olabat.
    3pl
    "Well, I'll try," he said to them.

    See Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 61

  2. Wal jad lilboi imin reken frog bin likimbat feis en pulumbat heya.
    Wal
    well
    jad
    dem
    lilboi
    little.boy
    im=in
    3sg=pst
    reken
    think/say
    frog
    frog
    bin
    pst
    lik-im-bat
    lick-tr-prog
    feis
    face
    en
    and
    pul-um-bat
    pull-tr-prog
    heya.
    hair
    Well that little boy said/thought that the frog licked his face and pulled his hair.

    See Galmurr and Willika 1996

  3. Ai oldei telim im "Na::, jed Nangari yu bin meikim krai fo jet lil bed."
    Ai
    1sg
    oldei
    always
    tel-im
    tell-tr
    im
    3sg
    "Na,
    no
    jed
    dem
    Nangari
    Nangari
    yu
    2sg
    bin
    pst
    meik-im
    make-tr
    krai
    cry
    fo
    dat
    jet
    dem
    lil
    little
    bed."
    bird
    I always tell him: "No, that Nangari, you made her cry for that little bird."
  4. Gemen jad frog imin tok, "Digimat mi! Digimat mi! Mi stak la rok", gemen jad frog imin sei lagijad.
    Gemen
    supposedly
    jad
    dem
    frog
    frog
    im=in
    3sg=pst
    tok,
    talk
    "Dig-im-at
    take-tr-out
    mi!
    1sg
    Dig-im-at
    take-tr-out
    mi!
    1sg
    Mi
    1sg
    stak
    stuck
    la
    loc
    rok",
    rock
    gemen
    supposedly
    jad
    dem
    frog
    frog
    im=in
    3sg=pst
    sei
    say
    lagijad.
    like.that
    The frog said "get me out! get me out! I'm stuck in the rock!", the frog spoke like that, in the dream.

    See Galmurr and Willika 1996

  5. "Holum taid!" im reken jad lilboi la im drim
    "Hol-um
    hold-tr
    taid!"
    tight
    im
    3sg
    reken
    think/say
    jad
    dem
    lilboi
    little.boy
    la
    loc
    im
    3sg
    drim
    dream
    "Hold it tight" he said/thought, the little boy in his dream

    See Galmurr and Willika 1996

  6. Ai bin telim yu thei bin fraiten.
    Ai
    1sg
    bin
    pst
    tel-im
    tell-tr
    yu
    2sg
    thei
    3pl
    bin
    pst
    fraiten.
    frightened
    I (just) told you, they were frightened.
  7. Thei reken i gota ngalanymuwa, bifo thei bin oldei getim.
    Thei
    3pl
    reken
    think/say
    i
    3sg
    gota
    have
    ngalanymuwa,
    echidna
    bifo
    previously
    thei
    3pl
    bin
    pst
    oldei
    always/hab
    get-im.
    get-tr
    [At that place] they think there are echidnas, in the old days they used to catch them.
  8. "Yu got no bilij", imin tok lagijat.
    "Yu
    2sg
    got
    have
    no
    no
    bilij",
    ashes
    im=in
    3sg=pst
    tok
    speak
    lagijat.
    like.that
    "You've got no ashes", she said.
  9. "A: sori" im reken.
    "A:
    interj
    sori"
    sorry
    im
    3sg
    reken.
    think/say
    "Ah sorry" he says.