Value No complementizer

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Complements of 'think' and 'want'

Examples

  1. Wanbala olmen bin ran garrimap thad boks. Imin rekin im thad bigwan-bigwan peket.
    Wan-bala
    one-adj2
    olmen
    man
    bin
    pst
    ran
    run
    garrimap
    pick:up
    thad
    dem
    boks.
    box
    Im=in
    3sg=pst
    rekin
    think/say
    im
    3sg
    thad
    dem
    bigwan-bigwan
    red.big:adj
    peket.
    packet
    One old man ran and picked up that box. He reckoned it was those big packets.

    See Angelo et al. 1998

  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. 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.
  4. Mibala bin reken dis matha bin sikwan.
    Mibala
    1pl
    bin
    pst
    reken
    think/say
    dis
    prox
    matha
    mother
    bin
    pst
    sik-wan.
    sick-adj
    We figured this mother (bird) was sick.

    See Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 67

  5. Hi don wantim olabat habem, pirdi deinjes.
    Hi
    3sg
    don
    neg
    want-im
    want-tr
    olabat
    3pl
    hab-em,
    have-tr
    pirdi
    pretty
    deinjes.
    dangerous
    He doesn't want them (the children) to have them, [they are] pretty dangerous. (Talking about sling shots.)