Datapoint Kriol/Complements of 'think' and 'want'
Complement clauses of reken in the sense of 'think' (or as a speech verb) and of wantim 'want (something)' do not take a complementizer. The latter are rare and possibly acrolectal; more usually, a manipulative verb like telim 'tell someone (to do something)' would be used which usually takes a quotation as a complement or (possibly acrolectally) a verb introduced by the complementizer tu.
Values 
No complementizer
- Example 25-143:
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Wanbala olmen bin ran garrimap thad boks. Imin rekin im thad bigwan-bigwan peket.Wan-balaone-adj2olmenmanbinpstranrungarrimappick:upthaddemboks.boxIm=in3sg=pstrekinthink/sayim3sgthaddembigwan-bigwanred.big:adjpeket.packetOne old man ran and picked up that box. He reckoned it was those big packets.
Source: Angelo et al. 1998
- Example 25-164:
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Wal jad lilboi imin reken frog bin likimbat feis en pulumbat heya.Walwelljaddemlilboilittle.boyim=in3sg=pstrekenthink/sayfrogfrogbinpstlik-im-batlick-tr-progfeisfaceenandpul-um-batpull-tr-progheya.hairWell that little boy said/thought that the frog licked his face and pulled his hair.
Source: Galmurr and Willika 1996
- Example 25-263:
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Thei reken i gota ngalanymuwa, bifo thei bin oldei getim.Thei3plrekenthink/sayi3sggotahavengalanymuwa,echidnabifopreviouslythei3plbinpstoldeialways/habget-im.get-tr[At that place] they think there are echidnas, in the old days they used to catch them.
- Example 25-285:
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Mibala bin reken dis matha bin sikwan.Mibala1plbinpstrekenthink/saydisproxmathamotherbinpstsik-wan.sick-adjWe figured this mother (bird) was sick.
Source: Sandefur and Sandefur 1982: 67
- Example 25-322:
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Hi don wantim olabat habem, pirdi deinjes.Hi3sgdonnegwant-imwant-trolabat3plhab-em,have-trpirdiprettydeinjes.dangerousHe doesn't want them (the children) to have them, [they are] pretty dangerous. (Talking about sling shots.)
- Confidence:
- Intermediate