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Value 'There is no 'seem' construction
Language:
Santome
Parameter:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions
References
Hagemeijer 2007
: 62-3
Examples
Palêsê êlê ku mosu dê ka bi n’ũa vapô.
Palêsê
apparently
êlê
3sg
ku
with
mosu
boy
dê
3sg
.
poss
ka
ipfv
bi
come
n’ũa
in.one
vapô.
boat
Apparently s/he and the boy arrive in a boat.
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