Datapoint Seychelles Creole/Complementizer with verbs of speaking

Values

No complementizer Frequency: 47.4%

Example 56-176:
Ou a dir ou al Dyego.
Ou
2sg
a
fut
dir
say
ou
2sg
al
go
Dyego.
Diego
You will say that you go to Diego (Garcia).
French: Vous direz que vous allez à Diego. (Bollée & Rosalie 1994: 253)

Source: Bollée and Rosalie 1994: 252

Example 56-181:
Papa in dir i bezwen retournen.
Papa
daddy
in
prf
dir
say
i
3sg
bezwen
must
retournen.
return
Daddy said that he (himself or another person) has to return.
Confidence:
Very certain

Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’ Frequency: 26.3%

Example 56-180:
Mon dir li ki fodre i retournen dizer.
Mon
1sg
dir
tell
li
3sg
ki
compl
fodre
must
i
3sg
retournen
return
dizer.
10.pm
I tell her/him that she/he has to return by 10 pm.
Confidence:
Very certain

Complementizer consists of ‘say’ plus some other marker Frequency: 26.3%

Example 56-175:
Be nou bann kanmarad lontan in dir ek nou pourdir dan tan lesklavaz Madanm Marsan ti touy touy dimoun [...].
Be
but
nou
poss.1pl
bann
pl
kanmarad
friend
lontan
earlier
in
prf
dir
tell
ek
with
nou
1pl
pourdir
comp
dan
in
tan
time
lesklavaz
slavery
Madanm
Madam
Marsan
Marsan
ti
pst
touy
kill
touy
kill
dimoun
people
[...].
[...]
But for a long time, our friends have told us that during slavery Mrs. Marsan killed people [...].
French: Mais depuis longtemps nos camarades nous avaient dit qu'à l'époque de l'esclavage madame Le Marchand a tué des gens [...]. (Bollée & Rosalie 1994: 231)

Source: Bollée and Rosalie 1994: 230

Example 56-179:
Mon dir li pourdir nou pou al Bamberg demen.
Mon
1sg
dir
tell
li
3sg
pourdir
compl
nou
1pl
pou
fut
al
go
Bamberg
Bamberg
demen.
tomorrow
I tell her that we will go to Bamberg tomorrow.
Confidence:
Very certain