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Example 66-74
Malang nasi (e)kinja aða yang klaatan.
[Malang
[night
nasi
rice
(e-)kinja
(
asp
-)make
aðA]-yang
aux
]-
acc
/
foc
klaatan.
seem
It seems that dinner is ready.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
M.T.M. Rihan, p.c.
Language:
Sri Lankan Malay
by
Peter Slomanson
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions: An expletive subject is not used
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