Example 29-156

Daar is probleme.
There
there
is
is
problem-e.
problem-pl
There are problems.
Comment:
It is also possible in colloquial Afrikaans to use Ons het probleme [1SG.PL.NOM have problems] 'We have problems' in an existential rather than personal sense. To this extent, there is overlap between possessive and existential structures.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own knowledge