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Value An expletive subject is not used
Language:
Norf'k
Parameter:
Expletive subject of existential verb
Examples
Gat orlem fish daun iin' soltworta.
Gat
exist
orlem
distr
.
3pl
fish
fish
daun
prep
iin'
prep
soltworta.
salt.water
There are fish (distributive plural) in the sea.
Haed wan oel lady.
Haed
exist
.
pst
wan
det
.
indf
oel
old
lady.
lady
There was an old lady.
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