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Value An expletive subject is used
Language:
Nicaraguan Creole English
Parameter:
Expletive subject of existential verb
Examples
Ih hav iz a stori wid trii chalinj.
Ih
3sg
.
n
hav
have
iz
cop
.
prs
a
art
.
indf
stori
story
wid
with
trii
three
chalinj.
challenge
It is a story with three challenges.
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Dier
wil aalwiez aalwiez bii dat somting mait hapn tu yu.
Dier
there
wil
fut
aalwiez
always
aalwiez
always
bii
cop
.
inf
dat
comp
som-ting
some-thing
mait
might
hapn
happen
tu
to
yu.
2sg
There will always, always be the possibility that something might happen to you.
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