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Example 45-139
No hay nada mas que puede tu hace.
No
neg
hay
exist
nada
nothing
mas
more
que
that
puede
can
tu
2sg
hace.
do
There is nothing more you can do.
Comment:
The negative indefinite
nada
can be used in an existential construction.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Escalante 2005
: 116
Language:
Cavite Chabacano
by
Eeva Sippola
cite
Datapoints:
Negation and indefinite pronouns: Negative existential construction
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