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Value An expletive subject is used
Language:
Jamaican
Parameter:
Expletive subject of existential verb
Examples
Yu gat som piipl we groj yu fi evriting yu gat.
Yu
2sg
gat
get/have
som
some
piipl
people
we
rel
groj
grudge
yu
2sg
fi
for
evriting
everything
yu
2sg
gat.
have
There are some people who covet everything you have.
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