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Example 17-97
Ì bí làyk se wì do̱n taya.
Ì
3sg
.
sbj
.
expl
bí
be
làyk
like
se
comp
wì
1pl
.
sbj
do̱n
compl
taya.
be.tired
It seems that we have become tired.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Faraclas 1996
: 53-54
Language:
Nigerian Pidgin
by
Nicholas Faraclas
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions: An expletive subject is used
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