Value An expletive subject is not used

Language:
Sri Lanka Portuguese
Parameter:
Expletive subject of existential verb
References
Smith 1974-5

Examples

  1. meshiin teem. botuspa kera kamfalaa - aka meshiin see - kera see, poy tiraa daa, botuspa
    meshiin
    machine
    teem.
    prs.be
    botus-pa
    2.hon-dat
    kera
    want
    kanda
    cond
    falaa
    quot
    -
     
    aka
    that
    meshiin
    machine
    see
    cond
    -
     
    kera
    want
    see
    cond
    pooy
    habil
    tiraa
    take
    daa,
    give
    botus-pa
    2.hon-dat
    There IS a machine. If you want [it] - if [it's a question of] that machine - if you want, we can take it and give it to you. (OR: We HAVE a machine. If you want [it] - if [it's a question of] that machine - if you want, we can take it and give it to you.)

    See Smith 1974-5: 5298