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Value An expletive subject is used
Language:
Berbice Dutch
Parameter:
Expletive subject of existential verb
References
Kouwenberg 1994
: 120-126, 178-180
;
Kouwenberg 2007
: 41, 42
Examples
o hab en taumama danga
o
3sg
habu
have
en
one
tau-mama
snake-mother
danga
there
There is a 'snakemother' there (i.e. a snake spirit).
See
Kouwenberg 1994
: 608
o ha gati wanga di mingi das paka
o
3sg
ha
have
gati
hole
wanga
where
di
the
mingi
water
das
hab
paka
emerge
There are holes where the water comes out (lit. It has holes where the water comes out).
See
Kouwenberg 1994
: 380
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