Datapoint Papiá Kristang/Complementizer with verbs of speaking

Values

No complementizer Frequency: 70.0%

Example 42-170:
yo ja falá eli ta bai
yo
1sg
ja
pfv
falá
say
eli
3sg
ta
prog
bai
go
I said he is/was leaving.

Source: Baxter 1988: 202

Confidence:
Very certain

Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’ Frequency: 30.0%

Example 42-171:
eli falá ki isi, tudo angkoza, ta subí presu
eli
3sg
falá
say
ki
comp
isi,
this
tudo
all
angkoza,
thing
ta
prog
subí
rise
presu
price
He/she used to say that this, everything, is rising in price.

Source: Baxter 1988: 200

Confidence:
Very certain