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Example 54-133
i pare
i
fin
pare
seem
it seems
French:
il paraît
Comment:
The
i
is not considered to be a subject, but a finite or a present marker.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Reunion Creole
by
Annegret Bollée
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions: An expletive subject is not used
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