Value An expletive subject is not used

Language:
Diu Indo-Portuguese
Parameter:
Expletive subject of existential verb
References
Cardoso 2009

Examples

  1. Nə te nad.
    Nə
    neg
    te
    exist.npst
    nad.
    nothing
    No problem (lit. There is nothing).

    See Cardoso 2009: 157

  2. ũ makak tiŋ i ũ crocodile.
    ũ
    one
    makak
    monkey
    t-iŋ
    exist-pst
    i
    and
    ũ
    one
    <crocodile>.
    crocodile
    [Once upon a time], there was a monkey and a crocodile.

    See Cardoso 2009: 225