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Example 10-148
Wi gat moa an wan pasability.
Wi
1pl
gat
get
moa
more
an
than
wan
one
pasability.
possibility
There is more than one possibility.
Comment:
The English existential sentence was used to elicit the example which of course could be translated also as: 'We have more than one possibility.'
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Bartens 2003
: 46
Language:
San Andres Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject of existential verb: An expletive subject is not used
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