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Value An expletive subject is not used
Language:
Angolar
Parameter:
Expletive subject of existential verb
Examples
Tepu nakulu kwanda tia ta tê ũa ome.
Tepu
time
nakulu
old
kwanda
high
tia
land
ta
pst
tê
have
ũa
one
ome.
man
In the olden days, in the highlands, there was a man.
See
Maurer 1995
: 103
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