Datapoint Diu Indo-Portuguese/Expletive subject in ‘seem’ constructions

There is no verb in Diu Indo-Portuguese covering the semantics of 'to seem'. There is, however, a sentence adverb parɛs 'apparently' which indicates weak indirect knowledge of a particular proposition.

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'There is no 'seem' construction

Example 39-118:
Parɛs use tiŋ nə Una õt.
Parɛs
apparently
use
2sg
t-iŋ
exist-pst
nə
loc
Una
Una
õt.
yesterday
It seems you were in Una yesterday.

Source: Cardoso 2009: 209

Confidence:
Certain