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Example 48-146
A-ten mucho hende aí plasa.
A-ten
?-be
mucho
much
hende
people
aí
there
plasa.
plaza
There are lots of people in/at the plaza.
Spanish:
Hay mucha gente en la plaza.
Comment:
Note that the same sentence could also be rendered by:
A-tené mucho hende aí plasa
, with no apparent change in meaning.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Recorded by author
Language:
Palenquero
by
Armin Schwegler
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Datapoints:
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Identity
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