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Example 75-158
Li maanzhii diseu la tab ashteew.
Li
def
.
art
.
m
.
sg
maanzhii
food
diseu
on
la
def
.
art
.
f
.
sg
tab
table
ashtee-w.
be-3
There is food on the table.
Comment:
The definite article is obligatory, and has no definite function, in contrast to French. The sentence is an elicited translation from the English sentence into Michif.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Fleury 2007
Language:
Michif
by
Peter Bakker
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject of existential verb: An expletive subject is not used
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