Value Complementizer consists of ‘say’ plus some other marker

Language:
Seychelles Creole
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking
References
Kriegel 2004

Examples

  1. Be nou bann kanmarad lontan in dir ek nou pourdir dan tan lesklavaz Madanm Marsan ti touy touy dimoun [...].
    Be
    but
    nou
    poss.1pl
    bann
    pl
    kanmarad
    friend
    lontan
    earlier
    in
    prf
    dir
    tell
    ek
    with
    nou
    1pl
    pourdir
    comp
    dan
    in
    tan
    time
    lesklavaz
    slavery
    Madanm
    Madam
    Marsan
    Marsan
    ti
    pst
    touy
    kill
    touy
    kill
    dimoun
    people
    [...].
    [...]
    But for a long time, our friends have told us that during slavery Mrs. Marsan killed people [...].
    French: Mais depuis longtemps nos camarades nous avaient dit qu'à l'époque de l'esclavage madame Le Marchand a tué des gens [...]. (Bollée & Rosalie 1994: 231)

    See Bollée and Rosalie 1994: 230

  2. Mon dir li pourdir nou pou al Bamberg demen.
    Mon
    1sg
    dir
    tell
    li
    3sg
    pourdir
    compl
    nou
    1pl
    pou
    fut
    al
    go
    Bamberg
    Bamberg
    demen.
    tomorrow
    I tell her that we will go to Bamberg tomorrow.