ABSTRACT
With the exception of indirect questions (which we shall discuss in detail in 6.1.8), all finite complement clauses, both indicative and subjunctive, are introduced by the complementisers ki or ca. In the Logudorese-Nuorese dialects ki is the usual form (ca being used primarily in reason clauses, with the sense 'because', see below), but some speakers also allow ca as an alternative to ki in complements of verbs of saying or belief:
(1) a T'appo natu ki/ca sa butteca fit tuncata. '1 told you that the shop was closed.'
