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Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
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Expletive subject of existential verb
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An expletive subject is not used
Example 31-120:
Si ka
ten
nada di kume, nu ta ferbe-l o nu ta kuzinha-l.
Si
if
ka
neg
ten
have
nada
nothing
di
of
kume,
eat
nu
we
ta
hab
ferbe-l
boil-it
o
or
nu
we
ta
hab
kuzinha-l.
cook-it
If there is nothing to eat, we boil it or we cook it.
Source:
nd
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
by
Marlyse Baptista
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Language:
Cape Verdean Creole of Brava
Feature:
Expletive subject of existential verb
Source:
nd
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