Value Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’

Language:
Sango
Parameter:
Complementizer with verbs of speaking
References
Samarin 1967: 143, 206 212ff

Examples

  1. ndamba aga atene, tere na aunji awe
    ndamba
    Rabbit
    a-ga
    pm-come
    a-tene,
    pm-say
    tere
    Spider
    ni
    det
    a-hunzi
    pm-hide
    awe
    already
    Rabbit said, "Spider has hidden himself." OR: Rabbit said that Spider had hidden himself.
  2. tona mo si ka, si lo hunda mo, atene, mo o, mo nyon' nyen'
    tongana
    when
    mo
    2sg
    si
    arrive
    ka,
    there
    si
    conn
    lo
    3sg
    hunda
    ask
    mo,
    2sg
    a-tene,
    pm-say
    mo
    2sg
    o,
    pcl.def
    mo
    2sg
    nyon'
    drink
    nyen'
    what
    When you arrive there and he asks you what you would like to drink, [...] OR: When you arrive there and he asks "What do you want to drink?"
  3. mo tene ka na mama ka, mo tene, aa ba ndo ni ake nzoni ape
    mo
    2sg
    tene
    say
    ka
    there
    na
    prep
    mama
    mother
    ka,
    there
    mo
    2sg
    tene,
    say
    ala
    2sg.def
    ba
    see
    ndo
    place
    ni
    det
    ake
    sm.cop
    nzoni
    good
    ape
    neg
    Tell your mother over there that the place is not good.

    See nd

  4. lo hunda lo, lo tene, kogara, ala ga?!
    lo
    1sg
    hunda
    ask
    lo,
    3sg
    lo
    3sg
    tene,
    say
    kogara,
    in-law
    ala
    2sg.def
    ga?!
    come
    He asked her, "Mother-in-law, so you've come?!"

    See nd

  5. kogara ni aga awe so, ahunda lo, atene, kogara, mo ke nyon' ye?!
    kogara
    in-law
    ni
    det
    a-ga
    pm-come
    awe
    already
    so,
    thus
    a-hunda
    pm-ask
    lo,
    3sg
    a-tene,
    pm-say
    kogara,
    in-law
    mo
    2sg
    ke
    cop
    nyon'
    drink
    ye?!
    thing
    When his mother-in-law had come, he asked her, "Mother-in-law would you like something to drink?!"
  6. zo wa la atene mo ga zo wa?
    zo
    person
    wa
    who
    la
    top
    a-tene
    pm-say
    mo
    2sg
    ga
    come
    zo
    person
    wa
    who
    Who was it who told you to come?
  7. ago tene na Susu ni atene [...]
    a-gwe
    pm-go
    a-tene
    pm-say
    na
    prep
    Susu
    Fish
    ni
    det
    a-tene
    pm-say
    [...]
    [...]
    He then said to the Fish [...].