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Example 56-121
I
paret mwan ki laplipar ou letan ou 'n fer lo zil.
I
3sg
paret
seem
mwan
1sg
.
obj
ki
comp
laplipar
most
ou
poss
.
2sg
letan
time
ou
2sg
'n
prf
fer
make
lo
on
zil.
island
It seems to me that you spent most of your time on the islands.
French:
Il me semble que vous avez passé la plupart de votre temps sur les îles. (Bollée & Rosalie 1997: 33)
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Bollée and Rosalie 1994
: 32
Language:
Seychelles Creole
by
Susanne Maria Michaelis
and
Marcel Rosalie
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions: An expletive subject is not used
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