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Fa d’Ambô
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Expletive subject of existential verb
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An expletive subject is used Frequency: 70.0%
Example 38-82:
ixasa ana, ana abada [...]
e-sa-xa
3sg
-be-
evid
wan-na
art
-
art
wan-na
art
-
art
abada
fruit
[...]
[...]
(if) there was a, a fruit [...]
Confidence:
Intermediate
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An expletive subject is not used Frequency: 30.0%
Example 38-121:
Xa suku xa vida ba dentsy, [...].
Xa
evid
sa-ku
be-with
xa
evid
vida
life
ba
go
densyi,
forward
[...].
[...]
So there was some life in the future, [...].
Language:
Fa d’Ambô
by
Marike Post
cite
Language:
Fa d’Ambô
Feature:
Expletive subject of existential verb
Source:
Own fieldwork 1993
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