Datapoint Ternate Chabacano/Complementizer with verbs of speaking

Values

No complementizer Frequency: 75.0%

Example 44-166:
Ya hablá Tʃéri no éle di pwéde trabahá.
Ya
pfv
hablá
say
Tʃéri
Cherry
no
neg
éle
3sg
di
ctpl
pwéde
can
trabahá.
work
Cherry said she cannot work.
Confidence:
Very certain

Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’ Frequency: 25.0%

Example 44-165:
[...] pára hablá ki lótro ta na álta sosyedád.
[...]
[...]
pára
for
hablá
say
ki
that
lótro
3pl
ta
be.loc
na
loc
álta
high
sosyedád.
society
[...] to say that they are in the high society.
Confidence:
Very certain