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Example 26-77
luk laik fiʃiŋ gɔn bi gud ova hɛa
luk
look
laik
like
fiʃ-iŋ
fish-
ger
gɔn
fut
bi
be
gud
good
ova
over
hɛa
here
It looks like fishing will be good here.
Comment:
GER = gerund
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
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