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Example 1-155
Helpi no de.
Yepi
help
no
neg
de.
be.there
There is no help. OR: There is nothing to be done.
German:
Es hilft nichts davor, das ist nicht zu ändern. [op.cit.]
Type:
written (dictionary)
Source:
Schumann 1783
: 64
Language:
Early Sranan
by
Margot C. van den Berg
and
Adrienne Bruyn
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject of existential verb: An expletive subject is not used
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Differentiation
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