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Value An expletive subject is not used
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
Parameter:
Expletive subject of existential verb
References
nd
Examples
Si ka
ten
nada di kume, nu ta ferbe-l o nu ta kuzinha-l.
Si
if
ka
neg
ten
have
nada
nothing
di
of
kume,
eat
nu
we
ta
hab
ferbe-l
boil-it
o
or
nu
we
ta
hab
kuzinha-l.
cook-it
If there is nothing to eat, we boil it or we cook it.
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