Datapoint Afrikaans/Existential verb and transitive possession verb

In addition to the most commonly used 'there is' form, it is also possible in spoken Afrikaans to use a non-personal Ons het ... [1SG.PL.NOM have ...] 'We have ...' construction. There is thus overlap in colloquial varieties.

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Differentiation

Example 29-155:
Hy het probleme.
Hy
3sg.m.nom
het
has
problem-e.
problem-pl
He's got problems.
Example 29-156:
Daar is probleme.
There
there
is
is
problem-e.
problem-pl
There are problems.
Confidence:
Very certain