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Example 28-14
o ha gati wanga di mingi das paka
o
3sg
ha
have
gati
hole
wanga
where
di
the
mingi
water
das
hab
paka
emerge
There are holes where the water comes out (lit. It has holes where the water comes out).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Kouwenberg 1994
: 380
Language:
Berbice Dutch
by
Silvia Kouwenberg
cite
Datapoints:
Order of relative clause and noun: Relative clause follows noun
Expletive subject of existential verb: An expletive subject is used
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