Value An expletive subject is used

Language:
Santome
Parameter:
Expletive subject of existential verb
References
Hagemeijer 2007: 57-9

Examples

  1. Ê tê ome ku sêbê kuji kume bwa so.
    Ê
    3sg
    have
    ome
    man
    ku
    rel
    sêbê
    know
    kuji
    cook
    kume
    food
    bwa
    good
    so.
    very
    There are men that know how to cook very well. (OR: She has a husband who knows how to cook very well.)
  2. Ê tê dja ku n na ka kume fa.
    Ê
    3sg
    have
    dja
    day
    ku
    rel
    n
    1sg
    na
    neg
    ka
    ipfv
    kume
    eat
    fa.
    neg
    There are days on which I don't eat.