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5.2.1 Object NP Complements
Object NP complements are clauses embedded in object
NP's. There are two types of object complements: complements
that can be preceded by the complementizer nvano 'that'
(hence: nvanq-complements or nvanq-clauses). and complements
that cannot be preceded by nvanq. referred to as "non-nvanq-
complements".
5.2.1.1 "nyang"-Complementi
Complements of this type are complements of verbs
4*
belonging to the group of yakin or Patau 'to believe.'
54. Di lon lon-yakin nyang gata mandum hana salah.
SFC I 1-believe that youy- all NEG guilty
' I believe that you all are not guilty.'
Similar to the English complementizer that, nvanq is
optional. But in some instances where that is good in
English, nyang is awkward in Acehnese. For example, nvanq is
not normally used following the verbs peugah 'to say,'
jaweueb 'to answer,' kalon 'to see,' lumpoe 'to dream,'
sangka 'to think, to suppose,' etc.
55. Geu-peugah (??nyang) gopnyan hana geu-woe jinoe.
3r-say that he/she- NEG 3r-go-home now
'He/she said that he/she did not go home now.'