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Example 30-170
Li ka
ten
lumi.
Li
here
ka=ten
neg
=have
lumi.
fire
There is no fire around here.
Comment:
Here
ten
functions as existential verb.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
da Silva 1987
: 129
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Datapoints:
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Identity
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