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Example 19-114
È
fiba
dɛbul.
È
3sg
.
sbj
fiba
resemble
dɛbul.
devil
He resembles a devil.
Comment:
Here the stative verb
fiba
is employed with the meaning 'resemble'.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Yakpo 2009
: 415
Language:
Pichi
by
Kofi Yakpo
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions: An expletive subject is used
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