Value Complementizer consists of ‘say’ plus some other marker

Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking
References
Smith 1974-5

Examples

  1. tɔɔna eev ɔɔntotardiiya jaapuntaa, boos jaafalaavoo ricedntaa falaatu
    tɔɔna
    then
    eev
    1sg
    ɔɔnta-otru-diiya
    yesterday-other-day
    jaa-puntaa,
    pst-ask
    [boos
    [2sg
    jaa-falaa
    pst-tell
    voo
    indf
    ricad-ntaa
    Richard-loc
    falaa-tu]
    quot-pfv]
    Then the day before yesterday I asked [him], “Did you tell Richard?”

    See Smith 1977: 162

  2. avara osiyoor taam [nɔɔyvantaa] lopuntaa, "boospa teen dizeey voo, elipa pakazaa?" falaatu
    avara
    now
    osiyoor
    3sg.hon
    taam
    also
    [nɔɔyva-ntaa]
    [bride-loc]
    lo-puntaa,
    fut-ask
    "boos-pa
    2sg-dat
    teem
    prs.be
    dizeey
    desire
    voo,
    indf
    eli-pa
    3sg.m-acc
    pa-kazaa?"
    inf-marry
    falaa-tu
    quot-pfv
    Now he [the priest] will also ask [the bride], "are you willing to marry him?"

    See Smith 1974-5: 3261

  3. keem, keensu fiiya, keem falaatu mesfalaa
    keem,
    who
    keem-su
    who-gen
    fiiya,
    daughter
    keem
    who
    falaa-tu
    quot-pfv
    mes-falaa
    oblig-say
    [They] must say who [you are], and whose daughter [you are], who [you are]. (i.e. They must know who you are and whose daughter you are.)

    See Smith 1974-5: 5243

  4. isti ingrees miziiɲa dika isti fɛɛvrispa malvaarsu miziiɲa mee boom falaatu takombersaa
    isti
    this
    [ingrees
    [English
    miziiɲa
    medicine
    dika
    than
    isti
    this
    fɛɛvri-s-pa
    fever-pl-dat
    malvaar-su
    Tamil-gen
    miziiɲa
    medicine
    mee
    foc
    boom
    good
    falaa-tu]
    quot-pfv]
    ta-kombersaa
    prs-talk
    They say that for fevers, Tamil medicine (Ayurvedic medicine) is better than English (Western) medicine.

    See Smith 1974-5: 5345