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Value 'There is no 'seem' construction
Language:
Berbice Dutch
Parameter:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions
Examples
so dida masi di boʃ gutap
so
so
dida
that
masi
must
di
the
boʃi
bush
gutu-apu
thing-
pl
So that must be the bush things.
See
Kouwenberg 1994
: 79
kɛko
wa ma
mja andri gut sondro kap di mabalen
kɛkɛ
like
o
3sg
wa
pst
ma
irr
mja
do
andri
other
gutu
thing
sondro
without
kapu
cut
di
the
maba
honey
alen
alone
It seems as if he was going to do something else besides just cut the honeycomb.
See
Kouwenberg 2007
: 32
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