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Example 57-66
na lapli
na
exist
lapli
rain
It is raining.
Comment:
This impersonal construction is formed with the existential marker
na
'have/ there is' + 'rain'.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
own knowledge Ehrhart
Language:
Tayo
by
Sabine Ehrhart
and
Melanie Revis
cite
Datapoints:
Raining constructions: Rain exists
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