Value No complementizer

Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking
References
Velupillai 2003: 103, 116, 117

Examples

  1. mama sæ a nokæn waʃ ma hɛa
    mama
    mama
    said
    a
    1sg
    nokæn
    proh
    waʃ
    wash
    ma
    1sg.poss
    hɛa
    hair
    Mama said that I wasn't allowed to wash my hair.

    See Velupillai 2003: 117

  2. ma gɹænmaɾa tɔl as dæt wɛn da leɪdi wɛn ʃi keɪm bæk ʃi kɹaɪkɹakɹa kɔs ʃi tɔl ma gɹænmaɾa wɛn ʃi wɛn tu ɾa biʧ ʃi wɛn hɛmoɹɛʤ
    ma
    1sg.poss
    gɹænmaɾa
    grandmother
    tɔl
    told
    as
    1pl
    dæt
    comp
    wɛn
    when
    da
    art
    leɪdi
    lady
    wɛn
    when
    ʃi
    3sg
    keɪm
    came
    bæk
    back
    ʃi
    3sg
    kɹaɪ-kɹa-kɹa
    cry-intens-intens
    kɔs
    because
    ʃi
    3sg
    tɔl
    tol
    ma
    1sg.poss
    gɹænmaɾa
    grandmother
    wɛn
    when
    ʃi
    3sg
    wɛn
    went
    tu
    to
    ɾa
    art
    biʧ
    beach
    ʃi
    3sg
    wɛn
    pst.pfv
    hɛmoɹɛʤ
    haemorrhage
    My grandmother told us that when the lady, when she came back she cried so much, because she told my grandmother that when she went to the beach she haemorrhaged.

    See Velupillai 2003: 103

  3. if aʊa gɹænmaɾa tol as nokæn
    if
    if
    aʊa
    1pl.poss
    grænmaɾa
    grandmother
    tol
    told
    as
    1pl.obl
    no-kæn
    proh
    if our grandmothers told us we weren't allowed to

    See Velupillai 2003: 116