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Value An expletive subject is not used
Language:
Berbice Dutch
Parameter:
Expletive subject of existential verb
References
Kouwenberg 1994
: 120-126, 178-180
;
Kouwenberg 2007
: 41, 42
Examples
lom kɛn jɛndə idri plɛkɛ
lombo
bad
kɛnɛ
person
jɛn-da
be-there
idri
every
plɛkɛ
place
Bad people are everywhere. OR: There are bad people everywhere.
See
Kouwenberg 1994
: 121
helpu forda ka
helpu
help
furi-da
not.be-there
ka
neg
There was no help.
See
Kouwenberg 1994
: 125
ha en kɛnau ka
habu
have
en
one
kɛnɛ
person
nau
now
ka
neg
There is nobody now.
See
Kouwenberg 1994
: 180
di banabu ondro ha fluru
di
the
banabu
shelter
ondro
under
habu
have
fluru
floor
There was a floor under the shelter.
See
Kouwenberg 1994
: 608
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