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Expletive subject of existential verb
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An expletive subject is not used
Example 3-77:
Hía ló bi de.
Hía
many
ló
tribes
bi
tns
de.
be
There were many tribes.
Source:
de Groot 1977
: 67
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Saramaccan
by
Enoch O. Aboh
and
Tonjes Veenstra
and
Norval S.H. Smith
cite
Language:
Saramaccan
Feature:
Expletive subject of existential verb
Source:
de Groot 1977
: 67
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