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Example 66-75
Miflal iskul-na epi yang eklaatan.
[Miflal
[Miflal
iskul-na
school-to
e-pi]-yang
asp
-go]-
acc
/
foc
e-klaatan.
asp
-seem
It seemed that Miflal went to school.
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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