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Datapoint Louisiana Creole/Complementizer with verbs of speaking

Example 53-354:: Mo di li s te en ti job mo te fè apré lekòl.
Mo
1sg
di
tell
li
3sg
s
this
te
pst
en
art.indf
ti
little
<job>
job
mo
1sg
te
pst
fè
do
apré
after
lekòl.
school
I told him this was a little job I did after school.

Source: Neumann 1985: 368
Example 53-355:: Me Lapen, to di Bouki te p ale jwe.
Me
but
Lapen,
Rabbit
to
2sg
di
say
Bouki
Bouki
te
pst
p
neg
ale
fut
jwe.
play
But Rabbit, you said that Bouki was not going to play.

Source: Neumann 1985: 398
Example 53-356:: Y a di twa le fil nanye se pwazon.
Y
3pl
a
fut
di
tell
twa
2sg
le
art.def.pl
fil
web
nanye
spider
se
cop
pwazon.
poison
They'll tell you that a spider's web is poison.

Source: Neumann 1985: 388