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Example 36-82
Tepu nakulu kwanda tia ta tê ũa ome.
Tepu
time
nakulu
old
kwanda
high
tia
land
ta
pst
tê
have
ũa
one
ome.
man
In the olden days, in the highlands, there was a man.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Maurer 1995
: 103
Language:
Angolar
by
Philippe Maurer
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject of existential verb: An expletive subject is not used
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Overlap
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