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Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
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Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions
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An expletive subject is not used
Example 31-119:
El fuji n'un barku pa,
parse
-m pa Angola.
El
he
fuji
escape
n'un
in.a
barku
boat
pa,
to
parse-m
seem-me
pa
to
Angola.
Angola
He escaped in a boat to, it seems to me, to Angola.
Source:
nd
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
cite
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
Feature:
Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions
Source:
nd
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