Datapoint Tok Pisin/Expletive subject of existential verb

Values

An expletive subject is used

Example 22-112:
Long Wara Sipik tu em i gat kain kain ol masalai nabaut i stap.
Long
prep
Wara
river
Sipik
Sepik
tu
also
em
expl.sbj
i
pm
gat
got
kain
kind
kain
kind
ol
pl
masalai
spirit
nabaut
about
i
pm
stap.
be
In the Sepik River area there are also all kinds of spirits.

Source: nd

Example 22-113:
Bipo bipo tru i gat wanpla man.
Bipo
Before
bipo
before
tru
intens
i
pm
gat
got
wanpla
one
man.
man
A long long time ago there was a man.

Source: nd

Confidence:
Certain