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Example 54-134
I resanb zot lé plin de pou dan la tet.
I
fin
resanm
seem
zot
3pl
le
cop
.
prs
plen
full
dë
of
pou
louse
dan
in
la
def
tet.
head
It seems that their heads are full of lice.
French:
Il semble que leurs têtes sont pleines de poux.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Barat et al. 1977
: 80
Language:
Reunion Creole
by
Annegret Bollée
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions: An expletive subject is not used
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