Value Different complementizer

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

Examples

  1. [...] n vatxê ê bê r'ê.
    [...]
    [...]
    n
    1sg
    vatxê
    believe
    ê
    3sg
    bê
    go
    r'ê.
    of=3sg
    [...] I thought he had left.
    French: [...] j'ai cru qu'il était parti.

    See Maurer 1995: 114

  2. Ê1 mêthê p’ê1 m’me ũa kwa rosi.
    Ê
    3sg
    mêthê
    want
    pa
    that
    ê
    3sg
    m'me
    eat
    ũa
    one
    kwa
    thing
    rosi.
    sweet
    He wants to eat something sweet.
  3. N thêka pentha ma pisikarô na ba mionga wa.
    N
    1sg
    thêka
    prog
    pentha
    think
    ma
    comp
    pisikarô
    fisherman
    na
    neg
    ba
    go
    mionga
    sea
    wa.
    neg
    I think that the fishermen didn't go to the sea.
  4. Peru mêthê pa Maa kopa fanha.
    Peru
    Peru
    mêthê
    want
    pa
    comp
    Maa
    Maa
    kopa
    buy
    fanha.
    flour
    Peru wants Maa to buy flour.