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Example 25-261
I gotim big gata maitbi theya, thetsaid.
I
3sg
got-im
have-
tr
big
big
gata
gutter
maitbi
maybe
theya,
there
thet-said.
dem
-side
Maybe there is a big gutter, on that side.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. This example illustrates the existential construction.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fieldwork Schultze-Berndt
Language:
Kriol
by
Eva Schultze-Berndt
and
Denise Angelo
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject of existential verb: An expletive subject is used
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Identity
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