Datapoint Ghanaian Pidgin English/Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions

Ì bì laik se structures are common in Ghanaian Pidgin English, but in most cases they do not mean 'it seems that ...' but are used as discourse markers similar to English 'it was like ...'

Values

An expletive subject is used

Example 16-83:
ì bì laik se jù gɛt tu waifs
ì
3sg
bì
cop
laik
like
se
comp
jù
2sg
gɛt
get
tu
two
waif-s
wife-pl
It seems that you have two wives.
Confidence:
Intermediate