Datapoint Seychelles Creole/Complementizer with verbs of knowing
Pourdir and zero-marking are distributed nearly equally whereas ki is much more rare and tends to occur more often in written style.
Values 
No complementizer
Frequency: 45.5%
- Example 56-183:
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Si femel i konnen sa dizef pa pour li!Siiffemelfemalei3sgkonnenknowØØsademdizefeggpanegpourforli!herIf it is the female she knows (that) these eggs are not hers.French: Si c'est la femelle, elle sait que ce ne sont pas ses œufs à elle. (Bollée & Rosalie 1994: 193)
Source: Bollée and Rosalie 1994: 192
- Example 56-188:
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Ler ou konnen in ganny set zour, la ou ankese.Lerwhenou2sgkonnenknowinprfgannyhavesetsevenzour,daylathenou2sgankese.put.into.boxesWhen you know that seven days are over, then you put [the eggs] into boxes.French: Quand vous savez que sept jours ont passé, là vous encaissez [les œufs]. Bollée & Rosalie 1994: 205.
Source: Bollée and Rosalie 1994: 204
- Confidence:
- Very certain
Complementizer consists of ‘say’ plus some other marker
Frequency: 45.5%
- Example 56-182:
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I mal, i konnen pourdir sa dizef pa pour son fanm, si femel i konnen sa dizef pa pour li!I3sgmal,malei3sgkonnenknowpourdircompsademdizefeggpanegpourforsonposs.3sgfanm,wifesiiffemelfemalei3sgkonnenknowØØsademdizefeggpanegpourforli!herThe male, he knows that these eggs are not those of his mate, if it is the female, she knows (that) these eggs are not hers.French: Le mâle, il sait que ces œufs ne sont pas ceux de sa femme, si c'est la femelle, elle sait que ce ne sont pas ses œufs à elle. (Bollée & Rosalie 1994: 193)
Source: Bollée and Rosalie 1994: 192
- Example 56-184:
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Pa konnen pourdir i pe mor, i 'n mor.Panegkonnenknowpourdircompi3sgpeprogmor,dead/diei3sg'nprfmor.dead/dieOne didn't know whether he was going to die, (but) he died.French: On ne savait pas s'il allait mourir, mais il est mort. (Bollée & Rosalie 1994: 261)
Source: Bollée and Rosalie 1994: 258f.
- Example 56-187:
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(...) i konnen pourdir sa dizef pa pour son fanm(...)(...)i3sgkonnenknowpourdircompsademdizefeggpanegpourforson3sg.possfanmfemale(...) He knows that these eggs are his mate's.
Source: Bollée and Rosalie 1994: 192
- Confidence:
- Very certain
Complementizer not synchronically related to ‘say’
Frequency: 9.1%
- Example 56-186:
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Mon konnen ki papa i kot lakour.Mon1sgkonnenknowkicomppapadaddyipmkotatlakour.homeI know that Daddy is at home.
- Confidence:
- Very certain