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Example 32-99
Ten
txeu amdjer e k ta bá peská.
Ten
have.
prs
txeu
many
amdjer
woman
e
foc
k
rel
ta
prs
bá
go
peská.
fish
There are many women who go fishing.
Portuguese:
Há muitas mulheres que vão pescar.
Comment:
Ten
'have' is the existential verb.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
by
Dominika Swolkien
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject of existential verb: An expletive subject is not used
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