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Example 25-262
Hiya, samwe raun hiya,
i gata
keib theya.
Hiya,
here
sam-we
some-where
raun
around
hiya,
here
i
3sg
gata
got
keib
cave
theya.
there
Here, somewhere around here, there is a cave.
Comment:
Variety: Spoken Victoria River, Older Generation. The 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
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