Datapoint Hawai‘i Creole/Complementizer with verbs of speaking
Values 
No complementizer
Frequency: 70.0%
- Example 26-30:
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if aʊa gɹænmaɾa tol as nokænififaʊa1pl.possgrænmaɾagrandmothertoltoldas1pl.oblno-kænprohif our grandmothers told us we weren't allowed to
Source: Velupillai 2003: 116
- Example 26-108:
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mama sæ a nokæn waʃ ma hɛamamamamasæsaida1sgnokænprohwaʃwashma1sg.posshɛahairMama said that I wasn't allowed to wash my hair.
Source: Velupillai 2003: 117
- Example 26-109:
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ma gɹænmaɾa tɔl as dæt wɛn da leɪdi wɛn ʃi keɪm bæk ʃi kɹaɪkɹakɹa kɔs ʃi tɔl ma gɹænmaɾa wɛn ʃi wɛn tu ɾa biʧ ʃi wɛn hɛmoɹɛʤma1sg.possgɹænmaɾagrandmothertɔltoldas1pldætcompwɛnwhendaartleɪdiladywɛnwhenʃi3sgkeɪmcamebækbackʃi3sgkɹaɪ-kɹa-kɹacry-intens-intenskɔsbecauseʃi3sgtɔltolma1sg.possgɹænmaɾagrandmotherwɛnwhenʃi3sgwɛnwenttutoɾaartbiʧbeachʃi3sgwɛnpst.pfvhɛmoɹɛʤhaemorrhageMy grandmother told us that when the lady, when she came back she cried so much, because she told my grandmother that when she went to the beach she haemorrhaged.
Source: Velupillai 2003: 103
- Confidence:
- Very certain
Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
Frequency: 30.0%
- Example 26-109:
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ma gɹænmaɾa tɔl as dæt wɛn da leɪdi wɛn ʃi keɪm bæk ʃi kɹaɪkɹakɹa kɔs ʃi tɔl ma gɹænmaɾa wɛn ʃi wɛn tu ɾa biʧ ʃi wɛn hɛmoɹɛʤma1sg.possgɹænmaɾagrandmothertɔltoldas1pldætcompwɛnwhendaartleɪdiladywɛnwhenʃi3sgkeɪmcamebækbackʃi3sgkɹaɪ-kɹa-kɹacry-intens-intenskɔsbecauseʃi3sgtɔltolma1sg.possgɹænmaɾagrandmotherwɛnwhenʃi3sgwɛnwenttutoɾaartbiʧbeachʃi3sgwɛnpst.pfvhɛmoɹɛʤhaemorrhageMy grandmother told us that when the lady, when she came back she cried so much, because she told my grandmother that when she went to the beach she haemorrhaged.
Source: Velupillai 2003: 103
- Confidence:
- Very certain