Datapoint Singapore Bazaar Malay/Complementizer with verbs of knowing

As in the case of verbs of saying, verbs of knowing, for example tahu 'know' in Bazaar Malay, do not require any complementizer to introduce another clause.

Values

No complementizer

Example 67-200:
Ini orang tahu dia gemuk dia pigi beli satu buku.
Ini
dem
orang
person
tahu
know
dia
3sg
gemuk
fat
dia
3sg
pigi
go
beli
buy
satu
one
buku.
book
This man, knowing he is fat, he went to buy a book.

Source: Aye 2005: 399

Confidence:
Very certain