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Expletive subject of existential verb
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An expletive subject is not used
Example 30-135:
Dentu kel lagúa, ten un pédra-mármi, [...].
Dentu
in
kel=lagúa
dem
.
sg
=lake
ten
have
un=pédra-mármi,
a=stone-marble
[...].
[...]
In this lake, there lies a stone of marble, [...].
Source:
da Silva 1987
: 162
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
by
Jürgen Lang
cite
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Santiago
Feature:
Expletive subject of existential verb
Source:
Brüser et al. 2002
: s.v. ten
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