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Example 53-245
Na pa arien pou manzé dan cabanne.
Na
there.is
pa
neg
arien
nothing
pou
for
manzé
eat
dan
in
cabanne.
cabin
There is nothing to eat in the cabin.
Type:
naturalistic written
Source:
Neumann-Holzschuh (eds.) 1987
: 21
Language:
Louisiana Creole
by
Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh
and
Thomas A. Klingler
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject of existential verb: An expletive subject is not used
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