Value Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’

Language:
Haitian Creole
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of knowing

Examples

  1. Nou konnen ke ou nan konplo.
    Nou
    1pl
    konnen
    know
    ke
    comp
    ou
    2sg
    nan
    in
    konplo.
    conspiracy
    We know that you are participating in a conspiracy.
    French: Nous savons que tu participes à un complot.
  2. Dayè ou pa menm konnen ki nèg ke nèg la ye.
    Dayè
    moreover
    ou
    2sg
    pa
    neg
    menm
    even
    konnen
    know
    ki
    rel
    nèg
    man
    ke
    comp
    nèg
    man
    la
    def
    ye.
    pro
    Moreover you don't even know who that man is.
    French: D'ailleurs tu ne sais même pas quel homme est cet homme.

    See Desmarattes 1983: 12