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Example 26-76
luk laɪk ju gɛt inʤɛn
luk
look
laɪk
like
ju
2sg
gɛt
have
inʤɛn
Indian
It looks like you've got Indian (blood in you).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own fieldwork recording
Language:
Hawai‘i Creole
by
Viveka Velupillai
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions: An expletive subject is not used
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Identity
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