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Example 37-105
Ê
tê ningê nhon di pasa lala fa.
Ê
expl
tê
have
ningê
person
nhon
no
di
of
pasa
pass
lala
there
fa.
neg
There is nobody who passes by over there.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Maurer 2009
: 58
Language:
Principense
by
Philippe Maurer
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject of existential verb: An expletive subject is used
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