Value An expletive subject is used

Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Expletive subject of existential verb
References
Hudson 1985: 92-93

Examples

  1. I got wan mo geit tharrei.
    I
    3sg
    got
    have
    wan
    one
    mo
    more
    geit
    gate
    tharr-ei.
    dist-dir
    There is one more gate over there.
  2. I gotim big gata maitbi theya, thetsaid.
    I
    3sg
    got-im
    have-tr
    big
    big
    gata
    gutter
    maitbi
    maybe
    theya,
    there
    thet-said.
    dem-side
    Maybe there is a big gutter, on that side.
  3. Hiya, samwe raun hiya, i gata keib theya.
    Hiya,
    here
    sam-we
    some-where
    raun
    around
    hiya,
    here
    i
    3sg
    gata
    got
    keib
    cave
    theya.
    there
    Here, somewhere around here, there is a cave.
  4. Thei reken i gota ngalanymuwa, bifo thei bin oldei getim.
    Thei
    3pl
    reken
    think/say
    i
    3sg
    gota
    have
    ngalanymuwa,
    echidna
    bifo
    previously
    thei
    3pl
    bin
    pst
    oldei
    always/hab
    get-im.
    get-tr
    [At that place] they think there are echidnas, in the old days they used to catch them.