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Example 2-151
Ma a gersi taki den kuli wani teki a kondre now op yungu.
Ma
but
a
it
gersi
look.like
taki
comp
den
the.
pl
kuli
Indians
wani
want
teki
take
a
the
kondre
country
now
now
op
up
yungu.
man
But it seems that the Hindustanis want to take over the country now, man.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Winford 2000
: 96
Language:
Sranan
by
Donald Winford
and
Ingo Plag
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions: An expletive subject is used
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