Datapoint Creolese/Complementizer with verbs of knowing

Values

Complementizer identical to bare ‘say’ Frequency: 33.3%

Example 5-168:
mi biliiv si di piknii ded
mi
1sg
biliiv
believe
si
say
di
the
piknii
child
ded
dead
I believed that the child had died.

Source: Rickford 1987: 223, line 1090

Confidence:
Very certain

Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’ Frequency: 33.3%

Example 5-167:
ii tel mi dat hou ii foget
ii
3sg
tel
tell
mi
1sg
dat
that
hou
how
ii
3sg
foget
forget
He told me that he had forgotten.
Confidence:
Very certain

No complementizer Frequency: 33.3%

Example 5-169:
yu naa noo eniibadii kyan kom kom nak yu dong de?
yu
2sg
naa
neg
noo
know
eniibadii
anybody
kyan
mod
kom
come
kom
come
nak
knock
yu
2sg
dong
down
de?
there
Don't you know that anybody can come and knock you down there?
Confidence:
Very certain