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Example 30-134
[...] parse-m ma N sabe kusia dretu.
[...]
[...]
parse=m
seem=
1sg
ma=N=sabe
comp
=
1sg
=know
kusia
cook
dretu.
well
[...] it seems to me that I know how to cook well.
Comment:
Please find more examples in Lang 2002, s.v.
parse.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
da Silva 1987
: 42
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions: An expletive subject is not used
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