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Example 33-126
Parsin kuma i kay.
Parsi-n
seem-
1sg
kuma
that
i
3sg
kay.
fall
It seems to me that it fell.
Portuguese:
Parece-me que (ele) caiu.
Comment:
Certain verbs like
parsi
'seem' do not take a subject.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Guinea-Bissau Kriyol
by
Incanha Intumbo
and
Liliana Inverno
and
John Holm
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions: An expletive subject is not used
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