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Example 1-151
A tan léki [...].
A
3sg
.
sbj
tan
stay
leki
like
[...].
[...]
It seems that [...]. OR: It looks like [...].
Dutch:
Het schijnt dat [...]. OR: Het gelijkt naar [...]. [op.cit.]
Comment:
NB This example is from a mid-19th-century source.
Type:
written (dictionary)
Source:
Focke 1855
: 71
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions: An expletive subject is used
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