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Example 7-155
Lok laik wi ste lang inuhf.
Lok
look
laik
like
wi
1pl
ste
stay
lang
long
inuhf.
enough
It seems that we have stayed long enough.
Comment:
The expletive
i
could be omitted.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Vincentian Creole
by
Paula Prescod
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions: An expletive subject is not used
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