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Example 8-98
Yu gat som piipl we groj yu fi evriting yu gat.
Yu
2sg
gat
get/have
som
some
piipl
people
we
rel
groj
grudge
yu
2sg
fi
for
evriting
everything
yu
2sg
gat.
have
There are some people who covet everything you have.
Type:
constructed by native-speaker linguist
Source:
Own knowledge
Language:
Jamaican
by
Joseph T. Farquharson
cite
Datapoints:
Expletive subject of existential verb: An expletive subject is used
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