Value An expletive subject is used

Language:
Creolese
Parameter:
Expletive subject of existential verb
References
Rickford 1987: 254, 1311

Examples

  1. do taim laik di din gat iiryiiyeetid jringk su moch lek nou
    do
    that
    taim
    time
    laik
    like
    di
    3pl
    din
    didn't
    gat
    have
    iiryiiyeetid
    aerated
    jringk
    drink
    su
    so
    moch
    much
    lek
    like
    nou
    now
    At that time aerated [carbonated] drinks weren't as plentiful as they are now.

    See Rickford 1987: 254, line 1311