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Example 11-201
Ih hav iz a stori wid trii chalinj.
Ih
3sg
.
n
hav
have
iz
cop
.
prs
a
art
.
indf
stori
story
wid
with
trii
three
chalinj.
challenge
It is a story with three challenges.
Comment:
This is maybe not a good example: it is the beginning of a story and therefore it is not an existential construction. However, in a different context
ih have
would translate as 'there is'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
nd
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
by
Angela Bartens
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject of existential verb: An expletive subject is used
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