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Example 35-146
Kwa sôbê.
Kwa
thing
sôbê.
rain
It rained.
Comment:
The use of
kwa
‘thing’ as an expletive/demonstrative follows from several constructions (Hagemeijer 2007: 20–21).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own data
Language:
Santome
by
Tjerk Hagemeijer
cite
Datapoints:
Raining constructions: It rains
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