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Example 38-121
Xa suku xa vida ba dentsy, [...].
Xa
evid
sa-ku
be-with
xa
evid
vida
life
ba
go
densyi,
forward
[...].
[...]
So there was some life in the future, [...].
Comment:
The expletive subject is used, but not always, as is shown in this example.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Own fieldwork 1993
Language:
Fa d’Ambô
by
Marike Post
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject of existential verb: An expletive subject is not used
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