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Example 53-242
Sa sòm kòm si l ale fe lapli.
Sa
3sg
sòm
seem
kòm
as
si
if
l
3sg
ale
fut
fe
make
lapli.
rain
It looks like it is going to rain.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Valdman et al. 1998
: 417
Language:
Louisiana Creole
by
Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh
and
Thomas A. Klingler
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions: An expletive subject is used
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