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Example 18-89
I bi layk se wi don ste tu long.
I
3sg
.
sbj
bi
cop
layk
like
se
comp
wi
1pl
.
sbj
don
pfv
ste
stay
tu
too
long.
long
It seems that we have stayed long enough.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
nd
Language:
Cameroon Pidgin English
by
Anne Schröder
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions: An expletive subject is used
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