Datapoint San Andres Creole English/Complements of 'think' and 'want'

Values

Only 'think' complement has a complementizer

Example 10-227:
Mi tink se da wan gud ting.
Mi
1sg
tink
think
se
comp
da
dem
wan
art.indf
gud
good
ting.
thing
I think that's a good thing.
Example 10-228:
Ihn waahn evribady fi get hapi.
Ihn
3sg
waahn
want
evri-bady
every-body
fi
comp
get
get
hapi.
happy
He wants everybody to become happy.

Source: Bartens 2003: 103

Example 10-229:
Ihn waahn ihn vais fi kom fain.
Ihn
3sg
waahn
want
ihn
3sg.poss
vais
voice
fi
comp
kom
come
fain.
fine
He wanted his voice to sound nice.
Example 10-230:
Ihn tink se ihn son de huom.
Ihn
3sg
tink
think
se
comp
ihn
3sg.poss
son
son
de
cop.loc
huom.
home
She thinks that her son is at home.
Example 10-231:
Ihn waahn ihn son fi stan huom.
Ihn
3sg
waahn
want
ihn
3sg.poss
son
son
fi
comp
stan
stand
huom.
home
She wants her son to stay at home.
Confidence:
Very certain