Datapoint Reunion Creole/Complementizer with verbs of speaking

Indirect (reported) speech is extremely rare in my corpora; about 98% of all speech acts are reported in direct speech.
Value 3: I am certain of the value, but not of the frequency - it could even be less than 5%.

Values

No complementizer Frequency: 95.0%

Example 54-205:
[...] mi di i falé trap le ra, falé manzé.
[...]
[...]
mi
1sg.fin
di
say
Ø
Ø
i
fin
fale
must.pst
trap
catch
lë
def
ra,
rat
fale
must.pst
manze.
eat
[...] I say you should have caught the rat, you should have eaten it.
French: [...] je dis il fallait attraper le rat, il fallait le manger.

Source: Barat et al. 1977: 16

Confidence:
Certain

Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’ Frequency: 5.0%

Example 54-204:
Mé la di azot ki falé pa manzé sitrouy la.
Me
but
la
prf
di
say
azot
obl.3sg
k
comp
i
fin
fale
must.pst
pa
neg
manze
eat
sitrouy
pumpkin
la.
dem
But she told them that they should not eat that pumpkin.
French: Mais elle a dit qu'il ne fallait pas manger cette citrouille.

Source: Barat et al. 1977: 37

Confidence:
Certain