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Example 53-243
Sanm kòm si, dan le jen jan-le, kichòw e kouri pli mal kè janmen.
Sanm
seem
kòm
as
si,
if
dan
among
le
art
.
def
.
pl
jen
young
jan-le,
person-
art
.
def
.
pl
kichòw
something
e
prog
kouri
go
pli
more
mal
bad
kè
than
janmen.
ever
It seems as though among young folks, something is going worse than ever.
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 not used
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