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Expletive subject of existential verb
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An expletive subject is used
Example 35-142:
Ê tê ome ku sêbê kuji kume bwa so.
Ê
3sg
tê
have
ome
man
ku
rel
sêbê
know
kuji
cook
kume
food
bwa
good
so.
very
There are men that know how to cook very well. (OR: She has a husband who knows how to cook very well.)
Example 35-143:
Ê tê dja ku n na ka kume fa.
Ê
3sg
tê
have
dja
day
ku
rel
n
1sg
na
neg
ka
ipfv
kume
eat
fa.
neg
There are days on which I don't eat.
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Santome
by
Tjerk Hagemeijer
cite
Language:
Santome
Feature:
Expletive subject of existential verb
Source:
Hagemeijer 2007
: 57-9
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