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Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions
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An expletive subject is not used
Example 30-134:
[...] parse-m ma N sabe kusia dretu.
[...]
[...]
parse=m
seem=
1sg
ma=N=sabe
comp
=
1sg
=know
kusia
cook
dretu.
well
[...] it seems to me that I know how to cook well.
Source:
da Silva 1987
: 42
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
Feature:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions
Source:
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. parse
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