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Example 55-111
paret ki lapli pu toṁbe daṅ en ti mama
paret
seem
ki
that
lapli
rain
pu
fut
toṁbe
fall
daṅ
in
en
indf
ti
little
mama
moment
It seems that it will start raining in a moment. OR: It seems that it will start raining in a little while.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Mauritian Creole
by
Philip Baker
and
Sibylle Kriegel
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions: An expletive subject is not used
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