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Example 48-122
A-ten mucho aí.
A-ten
?-have
mucho
many
aí.
there
There are many there.
Spanish:
Hay muchos allí.
Comment:
The function of
a-
in
a-ten
is not known.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Recorded by author
Language:
Palenquero
by
Armin Schwegler
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject of existential verb: An expletive subject is not used
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