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Example 53-253
Te konnen gen ti ti betay-ye on le fey koton-ye.
Te
pst
konnen
ipfv
gen
have
ti
little
ti
little
betay-ye
bug-
pl
on
on
le
art
.
def
.
pl
fey
leaf
koton-ye.
cotton-
pl
There used to be tiny little bugs on the cotton leaves.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Klingler 2003
: 309
Language:
Louisiana Creole
by
Ingrid Neumann-Holzschuh
and
Thomas A. Klingler
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject of existential verb: An expletive subject is not used
Existential verb and transitive possession verb: Overlap
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