Example 1-150

A tann leki a wanni komm.
A
3sg.sbj
tan
stay
leki
like
a
3sg.sbj
wani
want
kon.
come
It looks as if he would like to come.
German: Es sieht aus, als wollte er herkommen. [op.cit.]
Comment:
Referential interpretation of a tan leki ... as 'he looks as if ...' cannot be excluded in this case (but cf. Schumann's es 'it'); we did not find an unequivocal example in 18th-century sources.
Type:
written (dictionary)
Source:
Schumann 1783: 172