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Value An expletive subject is used
Language:
Ghanaian Pidgin English
Parameter:
Expletive subject of existential verb
Examples
wì gɛt difrɛn fɔrɛnɛs we dè dè kam
wì
1pl
gɛt
get
difrɛn
different
fɔrɛnɛs
foreigners
we
comp
dè
3pl
dè
hab
kam
come
There are different foreigners who come.
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