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Example 76-52
atcu oblakun sila nagorok
atcu
perhaps
oblakun
tomorrow
sila
weather
nagorok
good
Perhaps it will be good weather tomorrow.
Comment:
The word
atcu
'perhaps' also means 'I don't know', 'He doesn't know'.
Type:
reconstructed by documentalist
Source:
Stefánsson 1909
: 224
Language:
Eskimo Pidgin
by
Hein van der Voort
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions: 'There is no 'seem' construction
Predicative adjectives: No copula
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