Datapoint San Andres Creole English/Expletive subject of existential verb

An expletive subject is not used in constructions which correspond to English existential clauses. Such constructions are avoided and frequently replaced with active constructions.

Values

An expletive subject is not used

Example 10-146:
Tu moch hous iina Nort End.
Tu
too
moch
much
hous
house
iina
in
Nort
North
End.
End
There are too many houses in North End.

Source: Bartens 2003: 46

Example 10-147:
San Andrés gat plenty biich.
San
San
Andrés
Andrés
gat
get
plenty
plenty
biich.
beach
There are many beaches on San Andrés.

Source: Bartens 2003: 46

Example 10-148:
Wi gat moa an wan pasability.
Wi
1pl
gat
get
moa
more
an
than
wan
one
pasability.
possibility
There is more than one possibility.

Source: Bartens 2003: 46

Example 10-149:
Plenti piipl iina disya hous.
Plenti
plenty
piipl
people
iina
in
disya
dem
hous.
house
There are (too) many people in this house.
Confidence:
Very certain