Datapoint Zamboanga Chabacano/Complements of 'think' and 'want'

There are two complementizers: Kay is of Austronesian origin and ke is of Spanish origin which occurs frequently in written texts and songs. Pensá 'think' is also found with kel (Forman 1972:202). There are also instances with 'want' and kel.

Values

Identical complementizer

Example 46-182:
Kyére 'le (kay) (kon) disúyu anák bolbé na kása.
Kyére
want
'le
s/he
(kay)
(comp)
(kon)
(obj)
disúyu
her/his
anák
child
bolbé
turn
na
loc
kása.
house
S/he wants her/his son to come home.
Example 46-183:
Ta-pensá 'le (kay) na kása disúyu anák.
Ta-pensá
ipfv-think
'le
s/he
(kay)
(comp)
na
loc
kása
house
disúyu
her/his
anák.
child
S/he thinks that her/his son is at home.
Confidence:
Very certain