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Value An expletive subject is used
Language:
Guinea-Bissau Kriyol
Parameter:
Expletive subject of existential verb
Examples
I ten
un igreja na e prasa.
I
3sg
ten
have
un
a
igreja
church
na
in
e
this
prasa.
town
There is a church in this town.
Portuguese:
Há uma igreja nesta vila.
*Kasa ten vs. I ten un kasa.
*Kasa
house
ten
exist
vs.
vs.
I
3sg
ten
exist
un
indf
kasa.
house
NOT: *Exists a house vs. There is a house.
Portuguese:
Há uma casa.
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