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Value An expletive subject is not used
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of São Vicente
Parameter:
Expletive subject of existential verb
References
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
Examples
Ten
txeu amdjer e k ta bá peská.
Ten
have.
prs
txeu
many
amdjer
woman
e
foc
k
rel
ta
prs
bá
go
peská.
fish
There are many women who go fishing.
Portuguese:
Há muitas mulheres que vão pescar.
See
Swolkien de Sousa 2012
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