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Value An expletive subject is used
Language:
Kriol
Parameter:
Expletive subject of existential verb
References
Hudson 1985
: 92-93
Examples
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.
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.
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.
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.
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