Datapoint Seychelles Creole/Complements of 'think' and 'want'

In more written-style texts, one also finds constructions with kwar 'believe' and the complementizer ki (< French que).

Values

Only 'think' complement has a complementizer

Example 56-191:
Mon kroir ou en pé fatige.
Mon
1sg
krwar
think
ou
2sg
en
a
pe
little.bit
fatige.
tired
I think you are a little bit tired.
French: Je crois qu tu es un peu fatiguée aujourd'hui. (Michaelis 1993: 119)

Source: Michaelis 1993: 119

Example 56-192:
Mari ti a oule son garson al kot lakour.
Mari
Mari
ti
pst
a
fut
oule
want
son
poss.3sg
garson
son
al
go
kot
at
lakour.
house
Mari would like her son to go home.
Example 56-195:
Pa bezwen kwar pourdir en zwazo i ponn toulezour.
Pa
neg
bezwen
need
kwar
believe
pourdir
comp
en
indf
zwazo
bird
i
pm
ponn
lay
toulezour.
every.day
(You) shouldn't believe that a bird lays (an egg) every day.
French: Il ne faut pas croire qu'un oiseau pond tous les jours. (Bollée & Rosalie 1994: 197)

Source: Bollée and Rosalie 1994: 196

Confidence:
Very certain