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Example 39-119
Nə te nad.
Nə
neg
te
exist
.
npst
nad.
nothing
No problem (lit. There is nothing).
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Cardoso 2009
: 157
Language:
Diu Indo-Portuguese
by
Hugo C. Cardoso
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject of existential verb: An expletive subject is not used
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Identity
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