Datapoint Juba Arabic (basilectal)/Complements of 'think' and 'want'

In basilectal registers we also find a zero complementizer after the verb 'think'.

Values

No complementizer

Example 64-201:
ána fíkir ombári obóma ma rúa fi suk
ána
1sg
fíkir
think
ombári
yesterday
obóma
Oboma
ma
neg
rúa
go
fi
in
suk
market
I think that yesterday Oboma didn’t go to the market.

Source: Tosco 1995: 426

Example 64-204:
fi nas bifékir hája de kwes
fi
exist
nas
people
bi=fékir
irr=think
hája
thing
de
dem.prox
kwes
good
There are people who think that it is good.

Source: Manfredi 2005: 241

Confidence:
Very certain