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Example 19-115
È fiba
se Bòyé gɛt mɔ̀ní.
È
3sg
.
sbj
fiba
quot
se
resemble
Bòyé
Boye
gɛt
have
mɔ̀ní.
money
It seems that Boye has money.
Comment:
Here the stative verb
fiba
is employed with the meaning 'seem' featuring an expletive subject.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Yakpo 2009
: 417
Language:
Pichi
by
Kofi Yakpo
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions: An expletive subject is used
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