Datapoint Santome/Complementizer with verbs of knowing

Values

Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’ Frequency: 90.0%

Example 35-212:
Ê na ta sêbê kuma kwa sa pe dê fa.
Ê
3sg
na
neg
ta
pst
sêbê
know
kuma
comp
kwa
thing
sa
be
pe
father
dê
3sg.poss
fa.
neg
He didn’t know that it was his father.
Example 35-213:
A na ta sêbê ku ê sa mwala.
A
imprs
na
neg
ta
pst
sêbê
know
ku
comp
ê
3sg
sa
cop
mwala.
woman
They didn’t know that it was a woman.
Confidence:
Very certain

No complementizer Frequency: 10.0%

Example 35-214:
[...] punda bô sêbê non ska deya-deya kwa se.
[...]
[...]
punda
because
bô
2sg
sêbê
know
non
1pl
ska
prog
deya-deya
desire
kwa
thing
se.
dem
[...] because you know we desire it.
Confidence:
Very certain