Datapoint Papiamentu/Complements of 'think' and 'want'

Kouwenberg & Lefebvre (2007) point out that propositional verbs select complement clauses introduced by complementizer ku, whereas emotive verbs select clauses introduced by complementizer pa. Pensa 'think', ke sa/ kièr sa 'think, believe'; literally: 'want know' and kere 'believe, think' are in the former category, whereas ke 'want' is in the latter. Maurer (1988: 176) argues that the pa-clause is a subjunctive. This is supported by the unacceptability of the mood marker lo in pa-clauses.

Values

Different complementizer

Example 47-201:
Hose ke pa Ramon a bai (kaba).
Hose
Jose
ke
want
pa
comp
Ramon
Ramon
a
pfv
bai
go
(kaba).
(already)
Jose wishes that Ramon were gone.

Source: Maurer 1988: 178

Example 47-202:
*Mi ke pa bo lo bai.
*Mi
1sg
ke
want
pa
comp
bo
2sg
lo
mood
bai.
go
NOT: lit. I want that you will go.

Source: Maurer 1988: 176

Example 47-203:
[...] pero nos ta kere si ku mester tin un espasio den lei pa den un tipo di kaso asina [...].
[...]
[...]
pero
but
nos
1pl
ta
tns
kere
believe
si
aff
ku
comp
mester
must
tin
have
un
indf
espasio
space
den
in
lei
law
pa
comp
den
in
un
indf
tipo
type
di
of
kaso
case
asina
thus
[...].
[...]
[...] but we do believe/think that there must be room in the law so that in this type of case [...].

Source: nd: 25 June 2009, p.3

Example 47-204:
Por lo pronto polis no ta pensa ku ta trata di un krímen
por-lo-pronto
for.now
polis
police
no
neg
ta
tns
pensa
think
ku
comp
ta
tns
trata
pertain
di
of
un
indf
krímen
crime
For now, the police does not think that crime is involved.

Source: nd: 3 July 2009, p.5

Confidence:
Intermediate