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Expletive subject of existential verb
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An expletive subject is not used
Example 24-122:
Gat orlem fish daun iin' soltworta.
Gat
exist
orlem
distr
.
3pl
fish
fish
daun
prep
iin'
prep
soltworta.
salt.water
There are fish (distributive plural) in the sea.
Example 24-123:
Haed wan oel lady.
Haed
exist
.
pst
wan
det
.
indf
oel
old
lady.
lady
There was an old lady.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Norf'k
by
Peter Mühlhäusler
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Language:
Norf'k
Feature:
Expletive subject of existential verb
Source:
Own knowledge
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