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Example 49-325
Se vini pou lapli a vini.
Se
hl
vini
come
pou
mod
lapli
rain
a
def
vini.
come
It's about time that it starts raining.
French:
Il faudrait que la pluie vienne.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Dejean 1982
: 42
Language:
Haitian Creole
by
Dominique Fattier
cite
Datapoints:
Verb doubling and focus: Verb fronted with a copy in the background clause
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