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Example 42-113
(yo) ngka parsé lo kai chua
(yo)
(
3sg
)
ngka
neg
parsé
seem
lo
fut
kai
fall
chua
rain
It doesn't seem (to me) that it will rain.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Own fieldwork 1980-1981, 2009
Language:
Papiá Kristang
by
Alan N. Baxter
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions: An expletive subject is not used
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