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Example 63-124
ya gi-bén rután de gu-ró wóduru
ya
top
gi-bén
tam
-seem
rután
language
de
det
gu-ró
tam
-go
wóduru
disappear
It seems that this language will disappear.
Comment:
The marker
ya
is optional in this construction.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Luffin 2005
: 298
Language:
Kinubi
by
Xavier Luffin
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions: An expletive subject is not used
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